Jin-di-sugi (ish) Style Bunny Cage Table

Interesting effect. I like it!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Looks like that will do the trick!
Great job.

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“Traditionally the wood is buried, and dug up some time later. While buried the soft fibers decay leaving the hard portion and revealing a very distinctive pattern and texture.”

So THAT’S how they do that!

I see it on Chinese antiques, too. I always wondered how it was done and what it was called.

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Great looking table. It should do the job…........

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

You did a nice job making that grain pop, jscabinetmaker.

Your technique has the advantage/disadvantage (make your choice here) to leave all the grain with the same color, though.

If you want to achieve a more traditional look (i.e. alternating darker and lighter stripes) you can use what is nowaday’s “traditional” fast and modern way to do it: torching the wood and then hand-brushing it with a brass brush. As the grain is harder than the attaching wood, the later burns faster and you remove it easily with the brush.

Although—obviously—I would first make a few test runs on some scraps of a similar wood before torching the complete project! :o)

Another (slower) alternative is to leave the wood age unfinished… for some 40 years! This is how most of the traditional houses look here.

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