I’ve seen Robert Ingham a few times at Art in Action demonstrating box making generally using Steamed Pear.
It looked like an interesting wood to work with so a few years back I bought a chunk.
I came it across it yesterday to find it full of worm holes!!
Now B/S meat:
Whilst chopping it up I used my Billhook that I’d repaired with a new Hickory handle - another disaster the handle broke off. I was only using a Thor hammer with it
But on the Up Side I found some more walnut
and a chunk of London Plane:
Some BirdsEye Maple
And some more Pear, English Cherry, Zebrano and Mahogany (sapele)
Oh and this which I cannot make out?
Rod