I used woods for stocks that others have rarely used like Zebrawood, Holly and even Salt treated Pine. Plus the normal things like walnuts of English, Black, Claro, Cross hybrids, grafted blanks, cherry, maple (about five different types), myrtlewood, a few exotics I dont even recall their names, flat , quarter, fiddle, burl and crotch blanks. Everything works and they all have their drawbacks.