What kind of wood is this?

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Hello.

I´ve received some wood I ordered before AND my father gave me some (Mahagony, Teak, Oak and Nut).
There´s one wood I just cannot identify. I have two orders and checked every wood and could identify them all BUT this one.
I´m not sure, but this one must be frm my father and not from an order.

Does anyone know what kind of wood this could be?
It´s not nut, right? I´d say it´s too dark and figure for nut, but I´m not sure. The third from top (“Nuss”) is nut. I know there´s french nut and american. Might the last onbe be just another kind of nut?

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I dont know but if I may ask what do you do with your different types of wood?

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You could make a post over at bladeforums in the knifemaker section.

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Wood turning as a hobby : )

edit: Gnargh. I didn´t want to register to another forum just for one question : /
I bet someone will know it here. If not, it´s ok.

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A darker walnut maybe? Do you know where it is from?

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Nope, I don´t.

Yeah, I also think it´s nut but I´ve never seen such a dark one before.

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Huh?

I will make it cylindrical to get a better idea of it.

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After looking at a few samples on my favourite wood ID site I reckon it could be Bocote HobbitHouse Wood ID site.

Louro preto ?

My work is joinery and I’d reckon on a darker walnut as Ford Prefect says.
Sometimes the only way to tell for sure is to get it analysed there are so many timbers that look similar to each other…

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The walnut in the mountains here has a very dark brownish color. It gives off a unmistakable odor of walnuts if freshly sawed.
You might see if it smells like walnut.

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Maybe a couple swipes with the hand plane will paint a better picture

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It was a dark wood
Perhaps pungent with the smell of nut
Teasing the senses
Grained as the trail of the amoeba
Resting
And moving on
It’s upper regions washed
With a cascading tidal symmetry
It’s origins cloaked in familial beneficence
My heartwood pine to know
The genus florae
But alas, another day awaits

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I was gonna say, smell it! Looks like a different grain structure of the Zircote to me. The Walnut I’ve worked has been a richer, more reddish brown. If you have some Bocote, cut a small bit of that and Zircote and see which it smells like, if either. I always go by the smell more than the look because the grain pattern/tightness/even color can vary quite a bit from tree to tree.

Gotta get your hands dirty to really tell. :wink:

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Okay, I'll bite. :evil:

What don't you like about big image signatures?

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Raccoon, thanks, gives me a better look at that second image on top from the left…are those S&W .45ACPs? Love the big bore revolvers, whatever they are. Anything more than that and she of course couldn’t handle em. Hard to do anyway, I’ve shot double Ruger SP101’s with 2 1/4” barrels and hot .357Mag rounds and it’s pretty dang tough to control!! :slight_smile:

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Nope. My signature hasn't changed since Monday, November 19th, 2012.

[quote=DBCstm] Raccoon, thanks, gives me a better look at that second image on top from the left...are those S&W .45ACPs? Love the big bore revolvers, whatever they are. Anything more than that and she of course couldn't handle em. [/quote]

In their infinite wisdom, Umbrella gave Alice some superpowers. That could never backfire on them, right? :evil:

[quote=DBCstm] Hard to do anyway, I've shot double Ruger SP101's with 2 1/4" barrels and hot .357Mag rounds and it's pretty dang tough to control!! :) [/quote]

Personally, one gun at a time is more than enough...

but over-the-top action flicks are a different story. ;)