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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:12:19 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:

No - balsa is not "technically "hard"". It is a hardwood, but it is
"technically" very soft. Beyond that - what is it you are trying to say?



Well technically, by the definition description of a hard wood tree, it is a
hard wood. Actually it is not hard.


but its resistance to penetration is incredibly high...

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