What type of wood is the hardest and least likely to crack/snap?

Question

Say you had a twig or thin piece of wood, which type is least likely to snap/break/crack? Almost like a pencil that is not easily broken.

Answer 1

It deepens on what you wont to use it for. Grapevine will work grate for binding. But if you need smooth wood hard-rock maple or oak is the hardest I think you can bend wood some if you wet it.

Answer 2

Shop the school and instructor, not the style. A good self defense program for children should teach awareness and avoidance as much as self-defense techniques. It should include scenarios and what to do if approached by a stranger in a car, where it is safer to walk when in the parking lot of a store or mall, what to do if approached by a stranger in the yard while playing, or while walking to or from school. Along with this it also should include who to talk to or tell if approached or bothered by strangers or other people and instill in them the idea that they have a right to say "No" if something does not seem or feel right even if it is an adult. So go to some of the schools you are considering and watch several of the classes and talk to some of the other parents as well as the instructors and I think you will find a difference in some of them that make some better than others. While self-defense techniques are an important aspect of any program an ounce of prevention is worth a gallon of cure.

Answer 3

Oak, because it's the hardest wood.

Answer 4

Trick question? Wet wood doesnt snap break or crack it just folds.

Answer 5

"Lignum Vitae is considered the hardest commercial wood. With a hardness of 4500 it is roughly three and a half times as hard as red oak"

Answer 6

Teak
But not cherry! A cherry tree took out my mama's house last year during Katrina!


The guy above me said "manzanilla". Isn't that APPLE Tree?

Answer 7

That's a great question. I am in the process of making a line of spanking paddles and it's important to me that they do not break easily!

Answer 8

Douglas Fir.

Answer 9

It is NOT Manzilla it is Manzeneta, It is much more like a bush and you will find it very hard to cut and in most places it is illegal to harvest it without permission in the US. My Grandfather made furniture that he sold for thousands of dollars. My Grandmother took over after he died. It is hard to get to, hard to work with- - It is extremely hard to find long or flat pieces-- it looks like grapevine but you cannot dent it with your finger nail and I challenge you to cut it with a non-powered saw. My old /grandpa did but it took him days and he had to return to his harvest site frequently, /good luck-- use balsa---much easier, ha!

Answer 10

Jara wood... the wood they use to make railway trackings