Well, this one has me stumped. A friend gave me a couple pieces of wood at our turning club meeting yesterday. He said he got it down south and the person he got it from said it was Holly. I have never turned Holly but this sure doesn't look like any Holly I have ever seen. I think of Holly as being a very light wood. The bark and the grain doesn't look like anything in Michigan. It is mottled, cream, brown, gray streaks, and spaulting. Thanks for your help.
Additional Information. I just talked to Rich. He said in came from the Port Arthur, TX area. He has had the 4' logs for several years, which would explain why is has so much spaulting and gray streaks. After telling him what I found when I turned it he thinks it might be what they call "Live Oak". I Googled and found out that it is the state tree of Georgia and grows all along the gulf coast into eastern Texas. Anybody from the south chime in :-))))
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