BeaverCraftBasswood Carving Blocks BW1 Large Wooden Block 10x4x4 Inches - Soft Whittling Wood - Basswood for Carving - Unfinished Wood for Crafts

I purchased this hastily for a carving project and neglected to read the full description. It should have occured to me to double check as the price for a solid piece this size is often twice the price. It states plainly and can even be seen in the sample picture that it is 2 or 3 large pieces laminated together. The piece that I received is comprised of two large pieces. I am very happy with it though as apparent care was taken to match the grains and the whole piece is very uniform in appearance and completely without knots or any other visible defects. I may edit this after carving but am quite satisfied. Remember to always read the full description!

This is the first block I have ever used that is two glued together. My focus was looking at where the two were attached and to see how secure the attachment was. Cuts along this dividing line went smoothly and there were no issues. Ran into a partial knot on the inside which could not have been known by the seller. The pictures were of a fifteen minute test work to see what I could get done.

Was hoping for better for the price. The wood seems to be of good quality, but the fact that it's 2 glued pieces is turning out to cause carving problems with fine details. Plus the piece I got is not quite square, which adds more problems. And it does have discolored flaws -see photos.

I hate the lamination as it caused problems with grains running in odd directions. Messes with detailed finish cuts in areas.I’m sure there is better quality somewhere.

Beavercraft was able to explain to me clearly how i could retreve my product on amazon . What I also like about this is I can now purchase BeaverCraft products elsewhere. The timing also is impressive, so now I don't have to wait as long for carving wood.

This is a large piece of wood, the grain is clean and smooth. It has been squared up nicely so if you are going to put it on a saw you won't have to worry about incorrect angles. I will add to this review once I get a chance to get carving!

This is a great piece of wood. It arrived wrapped up snug in plastic. I haven't made anything with this yet, but I carved off a bit to get a feel for it, and it's the same nice basswood that I've used from BeaverCraft's wood carving kits. Good and soft for carving, and looks great. I see no issues with this and look forward to thinking of something fun to carve from it!Disclosure: I won this in a contest. When I'm ready for another larger carving, though, I plan to buy from BeaverCraft.

Note that this is not one solid 10"x4"x4" chunk of wood. It's two pieces glued lengthwise. It's difficult to say whether that will be a problem until I start carving and see how well glued the pieces are. Note also that the block is about 0.25" short in each direction. This is a bigger issue for me as I actually needed 4" of width and am now having to scale back the size of my carving.