HELP Identify this wood please !

[bullieblue]

Here is a picture of the Rewarewa and a link to the New Zealand Forests giving a write up on it.
http://nzforests.co.nz/native-timber/rewarewa/

 

[lumbajac]

Time to send a small sample to the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Lab for a free identification.  Per their website:

"The Center for Wood Anatomy Research will identify a maximum of five wood samples per household or business per calendar year as a free public service to U.S. citizens. We try to accommodate inquiries from non-citizens, but such requests are typically assigned a low priority. Persons or businesses in need of more than five identifications per year should seek a private consultant to provide this service."

Check out details for shipping, etc here:  http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/centers/woodanatomy/wood_idfactsheet.php

Non-US citizens are given least priority.  PM me if interested - you can send me a sample and them I, as a US citizen, can mail it in if you want.  I'm guessing they don't have a waiting list... though they are a government agency so good chance there is red tape of some sort to slow the process down.

 

[Stone Message]

Time to send a small sample to the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Lab for a free identification.  Per their website:

"The Center for Wood Anatomy Research will identify a maximum of five wood samples per household or business per calendar year as a free public service to U.S. citizens. We try to accommodate inquiries from non-citizens, but such requests are typically assigned a low priority. Persons or businesses in need of more than five identifications per year should seek a private consultant to provide this service."

Check out details for shipping, etc here:  http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/centers/woodanatomy/wood_idfactsheet.php

Non-US citizens are given least priority.  PM me if interested - you can send me a sample and them I, as a US citizen, can mail it in if you want.  I'm guessing they don't have a waiting list... though they are a government agency so good chance there is red tape of some sort to slow the process down.

That is really very kind but I think that we are almost there - Lacewood is looking pretty good right now.

Peter

 

[peter halle]

Peter,

I am going to change my thoughts and go with fishtail oak.  The two scraps that you posted in that image as well as the fact that oak is possibly more accessible in a normal lumber pile thru - it is just oak- versus - it is an exotic - help get me here.

The grain differences between those samples and the original image illustrate so beautifully how harvesting and cutting for appearance can influence the end result and sometimes profitability.  If you take the larger of the two and imagine the dark grain lines on the end as operating louvers, then as you move the louvers you will see the face image open up.  If you close those all the way, then you get the small sample.  If you open them up all the way then you get the original.

For me, no matter what the wood might end up being, your images were great!

Peter

 

[josephgewing]

What about sicamore (spelling?) ?

 

[festoolviking]

Hi

This might sound like a stupid idea but maybe the smell of the wood when cut might give a hint. At least when telling the difference between oak and the exotic woods.  ???  [oops]

Festoolviking

 

[adubeau]

New species of wood called  Parfitt wood.. 

 

[Stone Message]

....This might sound like a stupid idea but maybe the smell of the wood when cut might give a hint. At least when telling the difference between oak and the exotic woods.   

Festoolviking

New species of wood called  Parfitt wood..   

If that were the case I would suggest that we do not smell it!

Peter

 

[bholmsten]

To me it looks like Sycamore.  I have used it on several projects and it is usually quatersawn for stablility is what I was told and has very attractive grain pattern. Let me know if I am wrong? Common Name:  Sycamore

Scientific Name:
Platanus occidentalis

A.K.A:
American Plane Tree, Buttonwood,
Lacewood

 

[bholmsten]

I remembered seeing a picture of Leapord wood from Austrailia that reminded me of Sycamore just bigger rays etc not sure if my terminology is right so I googled images of leapord wood and it looks identical.  They also call it snakewood.

http://www.mangore.com/bellucci-guitars-may-5-2010-snakewood.html

 

[peter halle]

I didn't realize that leopard wood and snake wood were supposedly the same species.  I have a piece of leopard wood I bought a long time ago that is stored in my exotic wood vault.

Now if Richard Leon is reading - I do have some snake wood burl veneer.  [big grin]

Peter

 

[mouppe]

Nice- you could do something good with that!

Richard.

 

[bholmsten]

Sorry Spelled it wrong Leopardwood.  This image is from Hearne Hardwood Inc. 

 

[bholmsten]

According to the Hearne hardwood they are all in the same family as Sycamore.