I don't particularly care for the figure in that piece of wood, but disagree with some earlier posters who say the grain runs wrong. I can see evidence that the grain runs straight through the wrist. The mineral streaking running up and down usually has nothing to do with which way the grain runs. Many blanks exhibit figure that is ninety degrees off from the grain. Curly maple, for example, has "stripes" that run up and down, perpendicular to the axis of the bore, when laid out properly.

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