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   saschafer | Feb 27, 2008 08:04pm | #1

   #1: The color and texture look like teak, but I've never seen "knotty teak," so I don't know if that's what a young teak tree might look like.

   #2: Sapele or mahogany are probably the most likely candidates.

   -Steve

    

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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 27, 2008 08:12pm | #2

   Steve,

   Thanks for the input.  Keith was/is thinking that Image_2 is Sepele but the firgure is diferent than normal, i.e. trying to be fiddle-back rather thanpommel figure.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   saschafer | Feb 27, 2008 08:15pm | #3

   Sapele has so many different curly figures that I don't know if any one can be called "normal."

   -Steve

    

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   EarlKelly | Feb 28, 2008 03:29am | #4

   #1 looks like Etimoe to me. Check these pics, look at the bottom of the page.

   http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/etimoe.htm

   I've got some in veneer with less figure, if you will, than your sample. It has a distinctive smell almost like cinnamon.

   Earl

   Furniture...the Art of a FurnitureMaker
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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 28, 2008 03:50am | #5

   Hi Earl,

   For some reason all the pics don't show on the PC at home.  This machine is a temp while I replace some hardware in mine.  I'll have another look tomorrow at work - better machine.

   I'm curious about what appear to be the black bud eyes or knots as I didn't see any in your pics.  There certainly is some wild grain petterns in your pics though!

   Thanks and I'll have anothr peek tomorrow.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   KeithNewton | Feb 29, 2008 12:51am | #10

   Thanks for that link Earl. I may have to call it that, although I I have a sample of Etimo, and it seems a bit softer, and the pores in my sample are a little larger, but that sample down at the bottom of the page is the closest thing that I have seen to it. I had been guessing that it was laurel, except for the dot pattern. As for the second shot, I think everything about it seems consistent with sapele. Although I have uses quite a bit in pommel and ribbon stripe, I had not seen any quite like this.Bob, thanks for posing this.K

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   EarlKelly | Feb 29, 2008 01:28am | #11

   I'm going to second guess myself and wonder if that first pic could be English Yew. The color seems a bit dark but the grain and pippyness looks right. I would go with Etimoe as my first choice and possibly English Yew as a backup.The second sample looks like Sapele, but Makore and Moabi sometimes have quilting like that. EarlFurniture...the Art of a FurnitureMaker

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   KeithNewton | Feb 29, 2008 04:42am | #12

   You know I had not thought about makore. I have used the fiddleback a few times before, and while it was a bit darker, everything else fits. I have some leftover sapele and makore back in the bins, I may just pull them out and take some tight macros to compare.I don't think it is Yew. I thought that was a hard soft transition without any visible pore.As for the Etimo suggestion. I like it except I only have a sample, which seem to have annual rings or bands of more or less pores, but I don't see any sign of a terminal parenchyma line, which is present on this spotted wood. I don't think it even shows on the sample posted here, but it is pronounced in other places, and I think I have deleted those photos. I don't guess it really matters, when the customers can't remember what I tell them about the wood, but it bothers me when I don't know what wood I have used.

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   Bobro | Feb 28, 2008 05:11am | #6

   For some reason the second picture looks like an African wood to me (highly finished veneer I assume).

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   BruceS | Feb 28, 2008 06:11am | #7

   #1 looks a bit like Cocobola to me.  Is there much odor when cut?  Sort of a Chocolate smell, and purplish streaks on a fresh cut?

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

5. 
   JeffHeath | Feb 28, 2008 07:57pm | #8

   Bob

   OK.  I suck at this, but here goes.

   #1-Mesquite??     and, I've seen ironwood that was that color, too.  The stuff from up North around the mines.

   #2-quilted sapelle or mahogany

   Jeff

    

6. 
   Bradbird | Feb 29, 2008 12:02am | #9

   Bobby,

   good day. I think pic one may be from the exotic African bobo tree or simply mahogany...it appears to be hard and bouncy...the texture may be formed from cold dusty rains or large snakes commonly found in the rain forests in that region. Time and time again certain trees are found without identification. I have a desk at home that is made from a certain wood that we can't identify. It is hard and will echo when knocked upon. I have a splinter from rubbing the underbelly. I will let some air get to it and take of the band-aid. The desk has been used for many years but still the wood is a mystery. My friend believes it is a maple or ash hybrid. I like to look at it and push it around the room. I'm wondering if anyone knows who made it...please let me know. I'm trying to find oak match sticks to make a small dog house. Do you know who will order them and ship locally?

   Talk atcha later,

   bradbird