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Ginkgo wood

#1 User is offline   Wayne 

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Posted 25 July 2008 - 07:24 AM

Does anyone have information as to the use of ginkgo wood as a carving material? We are probably all familiar with the tree and it's foul smell but I have never seen it referenced as a carving material or having been worked in any form. Janel tells me that only the female tree has the odor.

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Posted 25 July 2008 - 12:24 PM

I know the wood is used for cutting boards in Japan.

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Posted 25 July 2008 - 02:42 PM

Yes, female trees make the fruit, which falls to the ground and rots. Yuck. Avoid stepping on them with any avoidance technique you might be able to muster.

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