@fishordie79 Shoot I was hoping I was wrong for your sake, but I feared that would happen. Oh well, still good wood that has many uses. I saw all these guys online carving scale detail and whatnot, and I couldn't carve a freaking gill plate lol. No one ever mentioned that wood like that is very difficult to carve because of the different densities. I tried a piece of maple, and it is harder wood, but leaves much much more clean details! If you want a soft buoyant wood that carves like a dream, try basswood. That is like a block of butter.