Bryan Tyler Nelson			SASSAFRAS
		Sassafras - Sassafras albidum - also known as Black Ash, Golden Elm, Cinnamon Wood, Common Sassafras, File-Gumbo, Red Sassafras, Sassafrasso, Saxifrax, , Smelling-Stick, Wah-en-nah-kas.    Sassafras has a light tan colored sapwood and a medium brownish-tan colored heartwood. The wood is aromatic, closely resembling the aroma of root beer when being worked. The grain and color of sassafras very closely resembles chestnut, and is sometimes sold commercially as a substitute for the less frequently available chestnut. The wood is very easy to turn, with a moderate tendency to tear out.     White Sassafras Sassafras is native to North America from Maine through Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas, to Florida and Texas.
	Click image to enlarge. The bowl below starts with a wax cover green blank. I then rough out a bowl leaving it over sized. After the roughed bowl dries I return it and apply a finish.

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