Nate you have to fill those pores in Wenge!
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No you don't! I made a wenge candle holder tray that I have used weekly for about 3 years. It is finished with poly. I don't know what it would look like with filler, but it couldn't look nicer. (I didn't clean it up for the the photo, obviously.)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~toller/wenge.jpg
Made with on a router table out of one block of wenge. I also made the candle holders 30 years ago.
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I use Wenge every single day. I have gone through thousands of Bd ft. I was stating an opinion like WOW do you see that! I did not mean in any way it is required at all. I meant more like wait till you see this!
Come to my shop and I will fill one piece and not the other and you tell me which you like better! I do a lot of work on boats and people lean up and walk on or against my stuff. The Wenge is so opened pored unless you want that look, use grain filler.
I did not make any reference to the Wenge not lasting or that it is a requirement, it is strictly for looks. If you want to see yourself in the Wenge like a mirror and want it to be smooth like a closed grained wood, as smooth as glass, fill it.
I am NOT the best woodworker in the world at all. I do not know everything. As I get older and smarter the more I realize I know nothing.
But I am emphatic and if I am an expert on anything it is hardwoods and how to make them look their best for MY clients. And I say FILL the grain in that WENGE. period! Unless you want an open pore look for the decor.
nickao
;D Fred
