Any thoughts on how Mesquite would turn for chess pieces?
Grandpa (in NM)

Joe Nation wrote:

Here in the San Angelo area of Texas mesquite is considered a choice locally
grown hardwood. The country side is covered in mesquite bushes that are
considered a nuisance. Trees large enough to yield usable lumber from them
are not so plentiful. Locally cut mesquite lumber is unique in its
properties since most of it in this area of Texas is cut from trees that are
relatively small, twisted, and prone to have knots and lots of limbs. There
is a lot of waste in working around some of the lumbers defects.