Butcher....I'll have to go with Koa....I used to buy it in So. Cal. for about 3.00 a board foot and I could pick out all the wavy, curly boards I wanted. Now it is sold by the pound, and I paid 118.00 in Hawaii last year for a 6 1/2 inch by 6 foot piece, but it is spectacular. Sometime progress sucks! Dave