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Masur boxwood?

Pierre---

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Hi all!

Due to the pyrale disease, I recently got some interesting (I mean big) boxwood. One of it has strange black marks, in fact little cracks:
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I tried it on a bowl, 145x52 mm. Despite the cracks - not that long - the whole block is sturdy:
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To enhance the rough side, I left two zones untouched by the gouge; I only took the bark off:
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Any idea of the origin of the marks ? Frost crack ? But why do they stop on two special rings, as in first pic?
Thanks for the answers!
 

Pierre---

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Thanks to all of you. It was a pleasure to turn, I love the weight and the silky touch of boxwood...
Really, no idea of what is the origin of the cracks?
 

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They look like drought cracks from years without much water allowing the wood to dry out, or they could also be storm twists (was the piece very tall?)

PG
 

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Its a very nice piece Pierre. I am afraid I cannot throw any light on the origin of the cracks although given their shape some form of stress crack certainly seems feasible.
 
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