Chris Lewis wrote:
According to Retiredff :

Chris Lewis wrote:


Just curious- where the heck are you? Like I said, I've never seen
any like that. Then again, I've never looked outside of the
mid-Atlantic region.

Ontario, Canada. Some lumber is relatively local, rest is from the
west coast.

The slashing is a "well known". It's mentioned in a lot of US books.

Thanks. Just never seen, never heard of it. Learn something new everyday!