European Lime (linden)
European Lime (linden) for carving: how hard it is, how the grain behaves under the knife and what carvers use it for.
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 700 lbf
- Grain
- fine, even, pale
- Used for
- relief, letter carving, figures
- Ease of carving
- easy
- In the woodworking database
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- Notes
- The European equivalent of basswood, used for centuries in figure and ornament carving.
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