wood i.d. please...?

[NikNak]

Hi guys


A friend asked me to make a box for her daughter who has terminal cancer. "Something for her to put her jewellery and bits and bobs in to be passed on to her daughter later in life..." she said. So i made this....

I've already given it to the friend who said the daughter loves it, but i dont know what the wood is..... can anyone help out at all..?


I also gave her a tiny screw top box to put a lock of hair in, and like a fool forgot to get a pic of it. I'll try and get it back and post a pic of that too.


Cheers in advance....



Nick

 

[Russell]

Looks like a bit of sycamore to me, but it could even be a silver birch

 

[Lightweeder]

I would have said sycamore, but what do I know

 

[paulm]

Sycamore I think too. Nice idea, well done.

Cheers, Paul

 

[cornucopia]

I've seen this wood allot over the years- its a type of cherry- i'm a 100% sure.
I dont know if i could have made it though knowing its final use-you've done a brillant thing for your friend

 

[Bodrighy]

The bottom two pictures do look like cherry though I can see the top one as sycamore :lol: Which colour is most accurate?

I, like George, would have had a hard time making this knowing what it was for so hats off to you on both counts, the purpose and the box which looks really excellent.

pete

 

[The Shark]

Hi NikNak,

Sorry, can't help you with the wood id, but would like to say well done for the execution =D>

Malc

 

[Oakbear]

Wow what an item to make! You've done it well imho.

As for wood, i'm with Pete on the colour. Bottom 2 pics look like cherry, but top pic does look like sycamore.

 

[Jenx]

If i'd just seen the first piccy only - my money would have been on Sycamore ... but the other two do have a 'cherry' esque look ... I did some 'Bird Cherry' once ( heaven knows if there's anything different in that, to 'ordinary cherry' .. ) and it looked very similar to the lower pictures.

Either way, its a great piece, made for an amazingly great reason... and for that alone - it was worth every second you've put into it ,Nick...
Great job. 8)

 

[NikNak]

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here's a couple more pics that may help in the i.d. i reckon the colour 'capture' is fairly spot-on in these (unlike the previous...... sorry about that)

the piece of wood on the left of the pic....



Thanks for the comments so far. As i do not know and have never met the daughter i did not get too emotionally involved when making this piece, luckily....




Nick

 

[Orcamesh]

Not totally sure about the wood type, but the other chaps have given good suggestions. But as others have said not only a great looking piece but a great gesture to your friend, well done!

all the best
HM

 

[markymark12]

I am 99% sure it is a type of cherry. I do not know which one there are so many. The reason i am fairly sure is that a local estate gardener ask me to cut some small boards from a cherry they had to take down. The colour and pinky stripes were identical. I do not think it is bird as they tend to be be covered in small spores looking almost like dots. Does it have any distinctive smell?

 

[dickm]

Not convinced it's cherry; can't think of a cherry species that has that sort of bark. My bet would be on some fruitwood, just possibly an old pear tree?

 

[markymark12]

May be wrong but he gardener was sure it was cherry, it had a problem and had to come down, my thinking was a very young black cherry http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UdIftRLT2AY/S ... ryBark.jpg
Could be wrong would not be the first time.

 

[Bodrighy]

Pear tends to be pinkish in colour though the rain can be similar. I must admit the bark doesn't look cherry like but as said there are so many varieties of ornamental and fruiting cherry. Whatever, it's a nice looking wood turned into a nice looking piece for an exceptionally nice reason.

pete

 

[Russell]

Now I have seen the bark I would say its a fruit wood looks like plum or cherry