I picked up a piece of olive wood turning stock on spec a while back. Today I was looking through my wood stockpile and happened to notice a weird pattern on this piece. On closer inspection I realized it has a rather large void that has been filled with pieces of solid wood and resin or wood filler or something. The piece was not marked as stabilized or hybrid or repaired or any other indication of having been operated on. This raised so many questions such as...
Here's a long shot of the blank.
And a close-up.
- Is this normal? For any species? For olive wood in particular?
- If so, is it customary to not mark the wood to indicate it's repaired or hybrid or whatever?
- If so is it customary to fetch the same price as a natural piece of the same wood?
- Would you buy this if you spotted it in the store? Would you take it back if it got past you and you discovered it at home?
- Would you trust this on the lathe?
Here's a long shot of the blank.
And a close-up.