Very hard wood

[winemaker]

Can you please tell me what wood this is at first I thought it was Yew :mrgreen:

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just tried to turn it and found it was very hard wood It has a hole up the centre from the bottom and having turned the top a bit found the hole goes right through :? was going to be a vase not shure what to do now #-o

 

[bellringer]

from the end it looks like black wood

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Try floating it.

 

[winemaker]

Try floating it.

Tried floating it, it sinks

 

[KimG]

Look like a good candidate for African Blackwood, the SG is 1.08 to 1.27, anything with a Specific Gravity greater than 1 will sink in water.

Lucky You!