Wood ID

[rshanno1]

Picked up some wood that a neighbor cut and stacked when he dug a pond a couple of years ago. Started splitting a couple months ago and most of the wood I recognize; ash, oak, walnut and hickory but this I can't ID. No bark, pictures don't reflect the true extent of the red in the grain. Thanks..

 

[tfdchief]

Wow, hard to tell from just those pics. Could be walnut. Does that one horizontal piece have a very thin bark on it? How heavy are the splits?

 

[gzecc]

My two wild guess would also be walnut and mohogany.

 

[smokinj]

Walnut and a very high grade imo! Lots of pretty purple! You just cut into the 15.00+ bf ;-)

 

[CodyWayne718]

I'll say walnut, even thou most I have seen seems to have a pretty thick light colored sap wood. Is it real light weight?

 

[CodyWayne718]

Could possibly be water oak lol

 

[wooddope]

Could you get a pic of the end grain? Any smell to it?

 

[lukem]

Need to see some bark, but I'm thinking some type of oak.

 

[dannynelson77]

I would say Black Walnut.....did it smell great when you split it? Love the smell of fresh split Walnut....

 

[Woody Stover]

Need to see some bark, but I'm thinking some type of oak.

My first thought was "That looks like Red Oak." If so, with a good enough pic of the end grain, maybe we could see the tell-tale medullary rays...

 

[smokinj]

I would be willing to bet on this one! ;-)

 

[dannynelson77]

I would be willing to bet on this one! ;-)

Yea I am with you.....looks like a slam dunk Black Walnut to me! I was just splitting some last night with huge dark heartwood splits looked just like that.....

 

[smokinj]

I would be willing to bet on this one! ;-)

Yea I am with you.....looks like a slam dunk Black Walnut to me! I was just splitting some last night with huge dark heartwood splits looked just like that.....

When you find it that tight and very small sapwood, Its mill time! I dream about filping that next board over and it looks like that. :lol:

 

[dannynelson77]

I would be willing to bet on this one! ;-)

Yea I am with you.....looks like a slam dunk Black Walnut to me! I was just splitting some last night with huge dark heartwood splits looked just like that.....

When you find it that tight and very small sapwood, Its mill time! I dream about filping that next board over and it looks like that. :lol:

I hear ya but I found it on a scrounge already cut up. But yes this particular tree was pretty old and had very little sapwood!!

 

[gzecc]

I have some Black Walnut counters in my kitchen (supposedly from the 19th century wood mill) that look like that. They are beautiful. Unfortunately most people can't appreciate them.

 

[Gasifier]

I have some Black Walnut counters in my kitchen (supposedly from the 19th century wood mill) that look like that. They are beautiful. Unfortunately most people can't appreciate them.

gzecc, Hey, if you get a chance, could you take some pictures and post them. I would like to see those counter tops.