It always surprises me how much some woods change on exposure to sunlight. Some change very quickly like this lignum vitae mallet, below shows what 1/2 hour in direct light does.
Leaving it out of the sun for few hours restores much of the grain detail but still leaves it a nice dark colour, as below.
And this is some Kingwood which reacts very much more slowly to exposure. This is the end of a large board that had been laying in a workshop for the last 30 years, I was assured it was Kingwood but wasn't sure until I made the cut.
look at that wonderful purple grain! No wonder it is such a prized wood.
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