Thanks!
Mike, yeah, a lot of glue, but I guess it was worth it.
Dave, it’s Russian olive, so a different genus, even. But yeah, there’s some pretty in there if you can get to it without blowing up the piece or losing chunks to tear-out.
Thanks, Tom. The knots were part of the challenge, but mostly I treated them as any other end-grain and made sure my tools were sharp and that I had reinforced that grain with the glue.