Its beautiful when its finished, I have made pens out of it.....but for carving, its hard as a rock, at least ours here is.....I would use power if I lost my head LOL

You are here in Arizona.....we have tons of absolutely beautiful wood, but alas, because of its environment, its all extremely hard...like Cats Claw, its beautiful! but I have made pens out of a lot of different ones! Palo Verde is another very pretty, yellow wood.