I can confirm from trying to cut fallen ironwood trees that they are ridiculously hard. It's viscerally obvious when it takes several times the amount of time a

I can confirm from trying to cut fallen ironwood trees that they are ridiculously hard. It's viscerally obvious when it takes several times the amount of time and effort with a quality chainsaw. I was always confused after that experience why there isn't more ironwood furniture, and just assumed it's because it's too difficult to work with.