what timber is this folks

[johnphilip]

i made a gobblets as a price for the local ladies rural meeting. i was doing a talk on my other hobby metal detecting. someone gave me the piece of timber awhile ago it has not been stained just wood sealer and polished

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Sapele at a guess but photo colours can deceive so possibly Iroko but less likely.

 

[Grahamshed]

I will go with whatever Woodfarmer comes on and says. he is on a roll at the moment. :lol: :lol: :lol:

But i would guess Sapele as well.

 

[Dalboy]

Looks closer to Iroko than Sapele

 

[KimG]

A shot of the end grain on the base might help, it looks the colour of Iroko, but the pores don't look right, they are more like Mahogany.

Iroko, being a Legume, has a similar grain pattern to Laburnum with the zigzag patterning evident in the rings.

I am guessing it is some sort of Mahogany, but that is a pretty broad family with some obscure timbers in it.

I don't think it's Sapele either, that is a fairly coarse grained wood (in comparison to Mahogany) with a very red colour and fairly distinctive bands of light and dark colouring, it doesn't seem to match the classic Sapele appearance.

 

[chipmunk]

Those growth rings look very broad to me. Could it be a dark coloured piece of idigbo.

Absolutely horrible stuff to turn!
Jon

 

[Woodmonkey]

I also thought mahogany when I first saw it

 

[Bodrighy]

Looks like mahogany to me as well. Most people seem to think mahogany is dark but it isn't, just that old furniture used to be stained.

Pete

 

[woodfarmer]

I will go with whatever Woodfarmer comes on and says. he is on a roll at the moment. :lol: :lol: :lol:

But i would guess Sapele as well.

You got me this time, don't think it is either mahogany, makore, keruin or sapele as the grain looks too open, Have to say not much into "brown woods" Have to pass


Today I cut up a bit of oak with really twisty grain like elm burl. Hope to make a small bowl and a couple of fruit with it. ie it is oak that does not look like oak.

 

[Chrispy]

well that thin black stripe in it makes me think African Walnut. (Not a true walnut btw)

 

[Bodrighy]

There are different types of mahogany and some do have an open grain, especially the ones used today as opposed to the ones used for furniture etc in days gone by.

Pete

 

[woodfarmer]

There are different types of mahogany and some do have an open grain, especially the ones used today as opposed to the ones used for furniture etc in days gone by.

Pete

Yes, as I said, I find many of today's "brown woods" confusing. Just a sign of the times as we run out of resources more and more use is made of ersatz substitutes.