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BIRD'S EYE


bird's eye maple plank


anigre veneer --- this is typical of the weak bird's eye figure in anigre; the green color of the 2nd sheet is totally incorrect.


cherry veneer --- cherry has a respectable bird's eye figure, but weak compared to maple's.


maple planks --- the first two are quite respectable density and the last one shows the kind of sparse bird'e eye figure that honest vendors will describe as "sparse" or "weak" and some vendors will describe as "dense". I belive the orange color of the first plank is incorrect.


maple veneer with moderately dense eyes


maple veneer with very sparse eyes


zebrawood --- the joke of the "bird's eye" figure woods; you can see the bird's eyes in these sheets can't you? Come on now ... can't you ??? Pretend that salesman's leaning over your shoulder with a gun in his hand and I guess you might be able to pick out a few. Sadly, otherwise seemingly honest dealers advertise this stuff.