Scraping lowers the chatoyance a bit. I am looking for this to really
pop, I want the best use of this wood. It looks so amazing even with the
scar of the pith.

BTW did you ever notice the most beatiful pieces of wood are all
technically or near defects.

Burls,
Birds Eye Maple
Quilted stock...

etc...

On 12/6/2010 8:16 AM, Ecnerwal wrote:
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tiredofspamnospam.nospam.com wrote:

I'm actually doing a night table for my wife and it has similar grain
and pith.. My problem has been planing by hand. It's been tough the
grain has not been very friendly to work on. I want the chatoyance, so I
don't want to sand it.

Scraping is the way to take on grain that does not want to plane.