Blog — best wood for carving

Quick Navigation The Ultimate Carving Woods Basswood Aspen Butternut Fruitwood White Pine Oak Black Walnut Balsa Cherry Sugar Maple Mahogany Cedar Black Cherry Beechwood Birch The Bottom Line References  Like humans, wood comes in many varieties so choosing which type to carve into your next masterpiece can be pretty challenging. THE ULTIMATE CARVING WOODS Regardless of whether you're whittling spoons, carving kitchenware, designing a motif, or coming at it with a chainsaw, you need the right kind of wood. Otherwise, your project is going to either get really messy, really quickly or go nowhere! As you know, nature has made it pretty...