Author: cyclopathic
Date: 2013-09-18 23:51
> The wood was also allowed to season naturally for a decent period rather than the kiln drying used frequently in more modern times.
I remember seeing P-M ad where they mention 15 year seasoned hand selected wood for their top of the line, 10 years for step down. Nevertheless, our Empire made out of "purple grenadilla" (kingwood?) had cracked but had been masterfully pinned, capped and capped again with identical grain/color wood, presume at the factory.
The other reason could be that the best available wood has been already poached, so what we have now is the 2nd best, or the one which wasn't feasible to collect prior. Many areas which were logged do not have any commercially viable wood left, and while planting new trees helps they are not given enough time to produce best wood, and they are not growing in the way which could yield denser grain.
Planting trees closer would result in slower growth rates and would yield denser wood. And while this would also allow to collect more wood from the same area, it would double time to harvesting, which would make investments not feasible.
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