If you can go down to Ivey's it's worth the trip. But if you need to work it now klingspor's is a better choice.
PS: Jimmy, isn't cypress is a member of the pine family? Remember what you said?
I know that you're just giving Jimmy some good natured ribbing...which he deserves.
But the only similarity that Pine and Cypress have is that they are both Conifers (cone bearing trees) and are classed as softwoods due to that.
Cypress lumber comes from either the Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum or Pond Cypress - Taxodium ascendens. Both having the rare distinction of losing their needles in the winter.
Cypress is in the Cupressaceae family. Where Pine is in the Pinaceae family and Pinus genus.
Sorry, more worthless italicized information from the plant geek.
Dave
Hey Dave, no wonder you are a beer drinker:dontknow:, barley and hops are plants, right:icon_scra:rotflm:
I know that you're just giving Jimmy some good natured ribbing...which he deserves.
But the only similarity that Pine and Cypress have is that they are both Conifers (cone bearing trees) and are classed as softwoods due to that.
Cypress lumber comes from either the Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum or Pond Cypress - Taxodium ascendens. Both having the rare distinction of losing their needles in the winter.
Cypress is in the Cupressaceae family. Where Pine is in the Pinaceae family and Pinus genus.
Sorry, more worthless italicized information from the plant geek.
Dave
The lacy grain of cypress finishes up with a remarkable effect in what is called the Sugied Cypress. The wood is burned over some with the flame of a blow torch which burns the soft parts but not the hard. A soft wire brush is then used to remove the charcoal resulting between the hard streaks of wood. When clean the wood is given a filler or toner coat which lodges in the depressions burned out and gives a contrast to the darker ridges of grain figure. White shellac and wax or flat varnish are then used to finish the surface. This interesting finish cannot be duplicated with any other wood.