SST its eastern red cedar aka aromatic red cedar or just aromatic cedar. and yes the pink color fades as soon as exposed to air and sunlight(sunlight being worse.it basically oxidizes. keeping it out of sunlight it take alot longer for it to fade( the inside of jewlry boxes and cedar chests have stayed close to the original pink for close to a year.Dave
thanks wiggs, and yes im a closet wildthanger!lol got 2 actually.they are my trimmers,loaners and stumpers. i got a big head and an inflated ego when i pleased 3rd in the NWTF nationals 2 years ago , right now im not building any calls in this series . but price wise they start at about $65 .Dave