Walnut and cherry wood make for more elegant looking cutting ... You'll also want to avoid pine and rosewood for the same reason. Mahogany and oak, meanwhile, are porous, which means they can ...

I made this distaff and spindle of cherry and then applied a mahogany stain. The distaff is a single piece of wood; the spindle is two separate pieces. On one side of the distaff I carved vines using ...

The closely held company, located on Crutcher Avenue, is doing away with its standard cherry and walnut wood by this summer to switch to imported mahogany, which will be harvested and tooled in ...