Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Chris Green wrote:

To the OP it won't make a very good stick for anything, elder isn't
very good wood for strength or toughness.

You might be surprised. Young elder isn't, for sure, but it gets
remarkably different as it ages. However, we aren't talking about
a couple of years here, but probably a decade or more.

Old elder isn't much better, very brittle and it disintegrates rapidly
when dead too. You simply don't get old, dried out chunks of elder.
(we have a lot of elder around our land and I see how it compares with
such as Leylandii, Oak, Ash, Poplar etc.)

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Chris Green
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