WOOD
Black Locust Burl
Beech Burl
Birch Burl


STONE
Coticule, Latneuses
Coticule, La Petite Blanche
Coticule, Latneuses, S-H
Coticule, Latneuses, Hybrid
Layered Gray Shale
Rouge du Salm / Lorraine
Rouge du Salm, Soft
LOCATION
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL


LOCATION
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Regné, BE
Regné, BE
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USE CASE
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Polishing, Honing
Polishing
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BEECH BURL

Common Name(s): European Beech, Common Beech
Scientific Name: Fagus sylvatica
Distribution: Europe
Collection: Eindhoven´





This tree seems to rarely produce burls, but when it does they are very smooth on the outside and without voids on the inside, which makes working with it easy. 
It’s somewhat prone to small cracks and warps while drying, and the very dense grain makes it dry especially slowly.

This tree is very prone to spalting, which is a fungus that grows within the wood and is manifested through black lines and differently toned sections. This specimen is lightly spalted, and most trees of this species that I have visited were also spalted.