If you work it green it is relatively soft. Problem the outter part is sappy with something that looks and acts almost like wood glue. Sticky nasty stuff.
If a person will cut it and let it cure just long enough for the sap to dry, I think it would be worked about like any other hardwood.
Now if you let it cure too long, it is almost like iron. I on occasion will have the need to cut up an old post that might be 30-50 years old. Or a limb on a tree that has died quite some time ago. You can actually see sparks fly off the chain saw chain, it is so hard.
I have cut lots of hedge for firewood. It is heavier and cuts harder than something like Ash, but it is not all that bad really when it is green. I usually end up bleeding before the day is over because of the thorns though.
