Uses for Russian Olive wood?

It's always good to trial an idea!   I've never come across russian olive, but we have plenty of the kind that produce pickling olives, and a friend has been making turned tapestry bobbins from their heavier prunings.
So perhaps start with small projects and see how the timber behaves.
By the way, my first taste of an olive of this type straight off the tree puckered my digestive tract all the way through!!!  Talk about bitter.  I'd love to know who came up with the grand performance needed to make them edible.