My wood supplier strikes again - wood ID

[Jotul_Rockland]

What is this wood? It smells very nice. My guess is some sort of maple.

 

[smokinj]

Red or silver maple.

 

[Jotul_Rockland]

Well - That sucks - I'm looking for high BTU wood.

I guess I can let my neighbors have this.

 

[smokinj]

Well - That sucks - I'm looking for high BTU wood.

I guess I can let my neighbors have this.

Its pretty strong shoulder season wood. Or for recover in the A.M. starts a blaze quick then harder woods right behind it! ;-)

 

[Bigg_Redd]

What is this wood? It smells very nice. My guess is some sort of maple.

No idea

 

[blowell]

You could make a maple cell phone out of it! :lol:

 

[Todd]

I say it's Honey Locust, Silver Maple doesn't have that white outer ring where Locust does and bark can look similar. I think you got you a great score.

 

[Jotul_Rockland]

Here's a better picture.

Hopefully this will enable you to make a better call

https://picasaweb.google.com/venkateshd/Wood?authkey=Gv1sRgCI_Old-Jqu3kYA#5632638302007025506

 

[Todd]

I'm stickin with Honey Locust.

 

[Jotul_Rockland]

You might have just made my day. Does Honey Locust smell good?

 

[Later]

My maple seems a shade whiter than that.

 

[stephiedoll]

The bark does look like it could be locust. Just cut some up today and it does smell nice, stronger smell then maple. Very heavy. Great score!

 

[JustWood]

I'm stickin with Honey Locust.

BINGO

 

[Thistle]

Excellent fuel,very dense,can be stubborn splitting sometimes,definetly worth it though.

As good as any Hickory you'll find,about the same as Black Locust.

 

[chinkapin_oak]

Thornless honey locust.

 

[loon]

sure does look like it, good for you...

 

[CTYank]

Bark says "sugar maple" to me. Smells great, kinda like a winery as sugars ferment.

 

[nrford]

Without a doubt Honey Locust!

 

[Jotul_Rockland]

Thanks guys ! My wood supplier is the best !

 

[Wood Duck]

I think it is Honey Locust. Orange center (but not very orange), white sapwood, bark with large smooth area and large flaky ridges (if you don't understand that description, look at the pics). Supposed to be great firewood.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I think it looks pretty darned good and he is right. His wood supplier is great.

 

[Woody Stover]

Bark sez White Oak. Best-smelling wood there is; One whiff, and you understand why they use it to age wine and whiskey. I wish I had more...White Oak, not whiskey. :lol:

 

[Woody Stover]

Medullary rays in evidence?

 

[Thistle]

Bark sez White Oak. Best-smelling wood there is; One whiff, and you understand why they use it to age wine and whiskey. I wish I had more...White Oak, not whiskey. :lol:

They use it to age wine & whisky (and yrs ago whenever they needed any waterproof wooden barrel) because of the tyloses that plug the pores.That helps with its high tannic acid content in making it much more decay resistant outdoors than any of the Red Oaks.Properties of American & European White Oaks are quite similar, minor differences are in growth rates,pore structure etc.Soil & location can be a factor also.

I do like the smell of any of the White Oaks,whether green or dry,when freshly sawed or machined.Has that 'vanilla' like scent.Red Oaks when green can usually smell nasty IMO,like a combo of mouldy Provolone & my sweaty feet in summer lol.

 

[Woody Stover]

Bark sez White Oak. Best-smelling wood there is; One whiff, and you understand why they use it to age wine and whiskey. I wish I had more...White Oak, not whiskey. :lol:

I do like the smell of any of the White Oaks,whether green or dry,when freshly sawed or machined.Has that 'vanilla' like scent.Red Oaks when green can usually smell nasty IMO,like a combo of mouldy Provolone & my sweaty feet in summer lol.

The best White Oak I've smelled was when I split some stuff that sat around in a pile of rounds for a couple of years. It took forever to split that stuff because I stopped to smell dang near every piece. :lol:
A neighbor has a blowdown trunk that I'm going to get when I have the time. I can't wait. :cheese:
If you look closely at the last pic at the bottom of my "Buckt Cherry" post, there's a small round of White, one of several that I got off a torn-off branch that was nearby.

No response from JR-CT yet about the rays, but I'd be willing to put money on it being White. Both the bark and the end grain are just like the White that I've cut here.