re: Bird's Eye Pine/Knotty Pine/Pecky Pine: I'm Confused.

I have used some of that Birdseye pine shin. It is figured similar to actual Birdseye maple. It’s a lot more sticky than the regular knotty pine so I only used it on the one project. My local box store is Kent, which is a brand name of Irving. Irving has millions of acres in wood that they use, plant cultivate and harvest. The local sales rep that sold it to me had not seen it until then either but I have seen it a few times since. And it was labeled as birds eyed pine again. The better looking that I find of this figure has more blemishes per square foot, which adds character. When I used it I had to clean up all my blades right after because they seemed to be very sticky, I just wiped everything down with methyl hydrate and a bit of elbow grease. If you like the figure then use it, anything that is natural is beautiful in my opinion.