Wormy dogwood?
 

Someone mentioned dogwood for tool handles, and I remembered a hunk of the
stuff I had shoved in corner under a bush for some day.

Some day was a few years later, and the ground contact side of the wood is
pretty much swiss cheese, with lots of little silvery wormy type things
crawling around in it.

Should I try to do something with this piece, or just get rid of it? I'd be
loathe to stick it on the lathe in this condition. I can just imagine
getting sprayed in the face with gooey bug guts.

I'm not married to it by any means, and I'm inclined to get rid of it. I
just thought I'd see if maybe I'm missing out on some weird artsy spalted
thing or something.

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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
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