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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lecollectionneur, post: 473869, member: 8569&quot;]For me , it&#039;s not really a proof, all items made in a sure way&nbsp; in lignum vitae were sold for higher prices, and without the lighter part which is on woods like ebony or gaïac the outer part of the trunk, here it seems to be of the same density and harness.</p><p>You can observe that in recent items made with illegal ebony family wood in africa, more of bad quality, they use all parts possible because trunks are so small now that you cannot obtain big dimension in it.</p><p>I&#039;ve no better picture to show you, but when this difference of color come from another reason(fungus, drying etc…) it&#039;s not in the same manner on the item you turn.</p><p><img src="https://www.stylo-artisanal.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/281.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cerig.pagora.grenoble-inp.fr/tutoriel/morphologie-fibres-bois/page03.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cerig.pagora.grenoble-inp.fr/tutoriel/morphologie-fibres-bois/page03.htm" rel="nofollow">I&#039;ve found a better illustration of the part of the tree which has another color,</a> called in french &quot;aubier&quot; and in english sapwood in my dictionary, on the illustration you can see what part is darker than the entire wood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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