"Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright..." This golden striped wood comes from the Burmese jungels, homeland of the glorious Tiger. A tough wood with a great deal of natural oil, it is highly prized by shipbuilders. Oddly enough, though, the wood is so dense in its green state that it will not float! The lumbermen have to girdle the tree and wait for it to dry naturally. Only then is it cut down. When treated in that way, the cells are empty of liquid and light enough to float.