They are all beautiful...and this one is no exception. It's a Yellow Birch specimen with a heavy root array. It stands 71" tall and the shaft ranges in diameter from 1" up to 1-3/4". It weighs in at 2#11oz. Like most of my unfinished staffs it was harvested and the bark was stripped with a drawknife, hence it has subtle flats and digs from the blade as well as a few streaks of cambium. What you do with this raw material is up to you. (ufws358)