1. Soft woods are cut from evergreen conifers like pine, spruce, fir and larch.2. Even earlier, however, local villagers had experience in making tableware from soft woods . 3. Wood may be divided into two distinct groups : hardwood and soft wood . 4. The soft wood has been used to make furniture and shoes. 5. Pine is a light-colored, soft wood with a medium texture and closed grain. 6. Common soft woods include cedar, douglas fir, pine, redwood and spruce. 7. The wings are beautifully articulated, feathers minutely carved in a soft wood , then gilded. 8. As in earlier times, they are built from soft wood , mainly larch and spruce. 9. In Japan, most woodworkers use soft woods , and thus can use extremely hard steel. 10. Cedar is an extremely soft wood and when dry it will cut like butter.