Looking hat the TAMA site it does seem like it should just be oak, so just a fluke I guess. I thought maybe they pressure/heat treated the wood to harden it but there is no mention of that. I also looked to see if maybe they where resin infused but no mention of that either. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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BigDanishGuy 3 points 3 months ago

It does look like oak, does it taste like oak? Asking for a friend

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AbidingOhmsLaw 3 points 3 months ago

Hey, are you that beaver that got banned from the woodworking community?

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BigDanishGuy 3 points 3 months ago

What? Me? No, I am a human with ordinary human interests, like dam building and identifying wood by taste, smell, and mouth feel. I even have a ordinary human name... My name is Jack... Jack McHumanface.

Say, you wouldn't happen to have some light poplar or spruce to nipple on? if we're going to be having an inquisition here I'd like to steady my nerves.

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wildflower 1 point 3 months ago

Not quite sure what oak tastes like :-)

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Buffalox 3 points 3 months ago

Having seen the wood wear near the tip, it seems to me very much like wood. Although not like sticks made of hickory that cracks way more.
Also it does NOT look like resin IMO, resin does not break in a pattern like that. It seem to me to clearly be a fiber material.

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Buffalox 3 points 3 months ago

Wildflower posted this image earlier, another TAMA stick but made of the same kind of Japanese Oak wood.