Steven wrote on Oct 31
st, 2011 at 12:15pm:
nice stick once it dries, what is density similar to
Thank you. If I was a smartass, I'd say the density was similar to ironwood, but I'll try to describe it. It's like someone made some wood out of plastic -- the grain is almost not there, and it's the opposite of porous. This particular wood is very light, most ironwoods are heavy. Any wood called "ironwood" can be used as a substitute for metal in clockwork, or as a mortar and pestle.
Police batons are usually ironwood, the cops in my area all have light batons because they make them out of this gray birch. If you live in the Maritimes or New England, ironwood has "leaves like birch and bark like maple". There are different ironwoods in different places, in England it's solenum vitae. Check wikipedia for "ironwood" to find the tree in your woods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironwood