Some kind of Oak maybe?(Wood ID)

[Dfw245]

Scored on some kind of oak yesterday. Not sure what kind but was told it was Burr Oak. But a few blocks of Unknown wood was also in there. Here's the few pics I got of it. Bark is definitely darker than it looks. Almost black looking. And the wood was a very contrasting near white color. It was definitely dense. I'll see if I can grab better photos?

 

[stoveliker]

I don't know Burr oak, but the wood grain does not look like oak to me. No rays.
I've seen such wiggles in maple (and I believe some ash). (But can't place the bark)

 

[Dfw245]

Interesting. Yeah I'm not too sure what it is, it's a lot lighter than the 'Burr Oak' that he gave me. This stuff almost has a black and white appearance and pretty dense. No smell really of any kind. Looks like a very neutral piece of wood.

 

[Simonkenton]

Pretty sure it is ash.

 

[Dfw245]

Pretty sure it is ash.

Really? That's interesting

 

[stoveliker]

Pretty sure it is ash.

I agree. I was a bit unsure because I don't see many diamonds in the bark. The grain looks like it.

 

[Dfw245]

So diamonds are a telltale sign of ash?

 

[stoveliker]

The bark ridges of ash cross, leading to diamond patterns. Not many trees do that.

You can see that in the bottom pic. The top has very few if any crossings.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

White ash would be my guess.

 

[Dfw245]

Well damn ok. The bark looks quite a bit darker than the other white ash I got in the other thread. Grayish bark

 

[gzecc]

If it was in the Northeast Id say ash or maple. Wouldn't bet on it in Texas.

 

[Dfw245]

While it is true that there doesn't seem to be many ashes down here, I did recently come across some. It looks similar but not quite the same.

 

[Corey]

Dunno - the first thing that popped into my mind was norway maple, but the second thing was that my whiskey glass was empty, so don't put much faith in that!

 

[fbelec]

i second the maple and a bourbon sounds like the right medicine👍

 

[Dfw245]

Thought Norway maple was darker heartwood and smelled sweet?

 

[Dfw245]

Not quite whiskey dark though lol

 

[Corey]

...and I can't smell it from here!

 

[Stinkpickle]

My first impression was some type of maple.

 

[Dfw245]

My first impression was some type of maple.

That's interesting. I do have that ash still on site and the only thing that looks like it is the wood, the bark is all different tho. The white ash has little to no diamond cross patterns. This one has them pretty prevalent. And if it's maple, I've heard maple has a very unmistakeable sweet smell when split. And maybe even before hand. Is that true?

 

[fbelec]

i haven't heard that or seen it with any of my maple but if it is sweet smell i would go with apple

 

[Dfw245]

i haven't heard that or seen it with any of my maple but if it is sweet smell i would go with apple

I'll look into it more then, see what I can figure out thanks.

 

[Dfw245]

Here's better photos of it

 

[Dfw245]

And split

 

[gzecc]

If it was in the North east Id say Ash.

 

[Dfw245]

It very well could be ash as stated before. It just doesn't look anything like the white ash I scrounged recently