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Wood ID Please...

Post in 'The Wood Shed' started by NordicSplitter, Feb 16, 2013.

  1. NordicSplitter Member

    joined: May 22, 2011
    248 posts
    Western,NY
    First off, I'm sorry for no Pic and I know that may make this impossible but here goes.....Picked up a load of wood from the tree service place this morning. Average size rounds but a bark that I have just never seen....Thin and jet black with a tinge of rust color. Not like paper(birch) and not peeling (old silver maple) Lord I wish I had a photo... Oh ya...rounds are HEAVY! Never had this wood before...
    NordicSplitter, Feb 16, 2013
    #1

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  2. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,779 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Best I can do is say it's "Gotten-wood" :)
    bogydave, Feb 16, 2013
    #2
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  3. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,170 posts
    Michigan
    Could you be describing shagbark hickory? Except for the jet black. I would not describe hickory as jet black.
    Backwoods Savage, Feb 16, 2013
    #3

  4. NordicSplitter Member

    joined: May 22, 2011
    248 posts
    Western,NY
    Maybe because of its age, the bark turned black, Just a thought....
    NordicSplitter, Feb 16, 2013
    #4

  5. PA. Woodsman Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2007
    640 posts
    Emmaus, Pennsylvania
    Sounds like a railroad tie lol!!! ;lol :p
    PA. Woodsman, Feb 16, 2013
    #5
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  6. Blue Vomit Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 12, 2011
    638 posts
    eastern PA
    Sour cherry
    Blue Vomit, Feb 16, 2013
    #6

  7. midwestcoast Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 9, 2009
    1,391 posts
    NW Indiana
    Could also be Black Birch
    Pretty tough to I.D from a description :)
    midwestcoast, Feb 16, 2013
    #7

  8. Jack Straw Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 22, 2008
    2,011 posts
    Schoharie County, N Y
    What do it smell like?
    Jack Straw, Feb 16, 2013
    #8

  9. Shane N Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 16, 2012
    296 posts
    West Central MN
    Hard maple? Shot in the dark :)
    Shane N, Feb 16, 2013
    #9

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