Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Redwood is listed as a hardwood.
It is dense not porous.
....

"softwood" vis a vis "hardwood" is a generic differentiation of non- vs
deciduous, not a description of the wood itself. It is generally true
that hardwoods are, in fact, harder than softwoods on average but there
are exceptions.

I made no statement about density; nor did I infer it was particularly
an open-grained wood.

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