Alder, any market other than biomass?

[Blah]

Spoon and bowl carvers rate it. Clogs are made from willow mostly.

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Blah said:

Spoon and bowl carvers rate it. Clogs are made from willow mostly.

Dutch ones may have been willow but cloggies working man's ones were alder with segs in the bottom and leather uppers.

[Stubby]

Fender solid body electric guitars were made from Alder in their thousands . It was when they ran out of swamp Ash . 

[Alan Smith]

Alder aka Scotch mahogany as it takes stain very well and can be used to make a passable replacement for mahogany (of some types).  I have used it for some cabinet work and quite like it. Easy to work but the wood beetle likes it.

[Mr. Ed]

And it spalts beautifully. This is a bowl

Mrs Ed made. 

[Mr. Ed]

1 hour ago, Alan Smith said:

Alder aka Scotch mahogany as it takes stain very well and can be used to make a passable replacement for mahogany (of some types).  I have used it for some cabinet work and quite like it. Easy to work but the wood beetle likes it.

 

Over here I've seen it called Irish Mahogany, but that's nativism for you. Can you expand on your comment about types of mahogany?