a good solid soft wood, although it's called parana pine and may seem to be a pine... IT'S NOT A TRUE PINE ;)
Yes it is :D
yellow pine, Parana pine, hemlock, redwood, spruce, cedar.
parana pine wood is one of the most tensile materials on the planet
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_woods) parana pine is a softwood. Jason
Parana pine
The name would be Araucaria angustifolia. Family: Araucariaceae.
So ships don't have to go all the way around So America
Pine ( Oregon )530Pine ( Parana )560Pine ( Canadian )350 - 560Pine ( Red )370 - 660
Scots pine is a readily available soft wood. It is of average strength and is easy to work with. Scots Pine is used for DIY, cheap quality furniture and simple joinery. Other softwoods include- spruce, European redwood, yellow cedar and Parana pine.
Pine has a number of disadvantages including: a lot of resinous knots, prone to denting and it will always require the application of a preservative before staining and painting. Some of the advantages of pine include its ability to blend with other pieces of furniture as well as it relatively low cost http://uk.ask.com/question/what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-pine answer from
Parana is not a place.