Some minor defects / marks when they were milled. Snipe marks at the end and long vertical lines that were probably from a chipped jointer blade. Out of the 4 boards I got, I only noticed a very small knot hole in one of them. A couple boards had a pronounced bow in the middle and 1 had a slight twist in it. The color was really good and mostly consistent except for one. 3 were a nice red but the 4th had a significant amount of gray in the face grain which made it stand out, but the board itself was still red though. I plan on using these for accent strips in edge grain cutting boards so most of these things will not hinder me. Overall I'm pretty happy with my purchase and shipping was fast.
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