Interesting and informative - Thanks.

Bob S.

"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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1. Some Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: A Softwood is a soft wood and a Hardwood is a hard wood. Right?
A: False. Softwoods are the wood of a conifer (or a Ginkgo), Hardwoods are
the wood of a dicot tree. The hardest hardwood is some three times as hard
as the hardest softwood, but the hardest softwood is some four times as
hard
as the softest hardwood. The softest woods in the world are hardwoods.


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