Ash is one of my favorite woods to work because of the smell! And the straight grain, and the pores, which are much smaller than e.g. white oak, and the color.

Ash is one of my favorite woods to work because of the smell! And the straight grain, and the pores, which are much smaller than e.g. white oak, and the color. It's interesting to read the description of the smell of green ash. I mostly get white ash, and I think of the smell as being similar to really dark chocolate or red wine. It'll be a tragedy when all the ash is gone. Edited to add: your username checks out (for others: quercus is the genus of the oaks).