"Flash" wrote

Just looking at the wood (sticks), my first guess would have been basswood
(linden), beech, or birch. light-grained, clear, straight/

Yep, basswood would be a real good guess, and birch would be my second
guess.

There is no easy to see differences between the summer and winter wood in
our sticks, so I would rule spruce out.
--
Jim in NC