Hi all. I'm hoping you can help me ID this. I have a few guesses, but I'm not really sure. My guesses are honey locust (but there aren't any thorns on it)or youngish silver maple. It's a bugger to split. Those marks are from my 8lb fiskars maul. It's a little stringy. The maul doesn't bounce off, but the wood seems to just absorb the force like a very hard sponge. Thanks for any help!
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Log ID help please
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Pretty sure that's not honey locust. Might be silver maple...
Take out "might be" and you have the correct answer!
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
The wood looks exactly like locust. Big locust trees don't have the thorns.
However, the bark doesn't look at all like locust. I yield to the maple vote.
However, the bark doesn't look at all like locust. I yield to the maple vote.
Locust has a green hue to it when green. It then changes when exposed to air to more tan/brown.
