On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:03:22 GMT, "Mike Hide"
wrote:

Worms, with the exception of the south american variety [about the size of
your finger and which I ma told the natives like to eat alive] for the most
part do not like Mahogany . As a matter of fact the discovery of Mahogany by
the west almost eliminated the use of walnut for that very reason, it's
resistance to woodworm infestations .

Well now, you have steered the ID of this wood back to the
South American (S. macrophylla) kind. If it were African, I hear you
saying it would not be likely to have worm holes.


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