Can anyone identify this wood

[James Williams 007]

I was given a truckload of various types of hardwood flooring and I can identify all of it except this stuff. It has the same density or weight of purple heart so its pretty heavy and the color is a deep brown red and some pieces have a good bit of figure but most are like the two pieces on the right. I plan on making a few bread boards for gifts but I would like to know what I am working with Thanks!

[Paul Gallian]

Could be Black Walnut?

[Doug Shepard]

Imbuya maybe?

[Mike McCann]

looks like Jatoba brazilian cherry

[Jim Tobias]

The 2 on the right look like african mahogany(although it is not usually heavy or dense). The one on the left-???

Jim

[Lee Schierer]

If it is very dense it is likely that it is Ipe' which is commonly used for flooring now. Ipe' is so dense it will not float, wears like iron.

[Greg Wittler]

looks like Jatoba brazilian cherry

+1 that is exactly what I was thinking when I first saw it.

[David Christopher]

Im thinking it is sapele....some is darker than this

[guy knight]

to dark and not red to be jatoba

[Brian D Anderson]

I was going to say goncala alves or tiger wood for the one on the left. The two on the right look like they are open grained, which tiger wood is not.

I just made a step stool out of tiger wood, and it is indeed as heavy as purple heart. Very dense wood.

http://www.jfreitasphotography.com/Temp/Jesse_Stepstool_06.jpg

But now that I think of it, the tiger wood wasn't as dark as yours unfinished. It might be Ipe . . . I haven't seen too much of it to be sure though.

-Brian

[Larry Fox]

Plane-sawn Wenge perhaps? Although I would think that wenge would be an uncommon material for flooring. Would be an expensive floor.

[Keith Christopher]

looks like Jatoba brazilian cherry


My vote. I just picked up about 20bf of the stuff.

[Brian Kerley]

The right two look like lyptus. It is crazy heavy too.

[Jeff Willard]

to dark and not red to be jatoba

Jatoba isn't necessarily red. I've seen jatoba that was indistinguishable from teak.

[Caspar Hauser]

One more for Ipe.

[J E (Jim) Martin]

Sapele, how heavy is it?

[Greg Hawthorne]

Jarrah(Eucalyptus marinata)?

[Jeremy Tomlinson]

I was going to say Kempas. Kempas is comes into North America from Malaysia and China. If its flooring its most often milled in China (quite poorly). I have experience in laying 1500sqft of Kempas flooring. Its heavy, hard and the grain can be interlocked and splitters like crazy. Kills tool edges pretty quick.

Jatoba is a family of the species and so looks a little like it.

And of all the suggestions I agree it could look a little like Jarrah. I would not agree with Sapele in this instance as I think the hugh is off but it does have Sapele like grain and figure. you will know when you work it that its not Sapele.

Jeremy

[Tony Shea]

It seems to me that one would know if it's Ipe or not. The one on the left is def. not Ipe! Just by the feel and heft of it I would think you could tell if it's Ipe. If not, then give a peice a cut and the dust is indistinguishable (spelling?). I really don't have a guess as I'm not too up on exotic woods. I've just done a lot of outdoor decks using Ipe and hate woorking with the nast dust and could identify in person with my eyes closed.

[David Christopher]

Sapele, how heavy is it?

Sapele is pretty heavy, it is a spieces of mahogany

[harry strasil]

Not knowing what the true colors are, I lightened up the OP's picture and enhanced it a bit to make it maybe easier to identify.

[Mike Cruz]

Oh, come on guys, there HAS to be a Tiger Woods joke in there...somewhere...

[Peter Quinn]

IPE has a stink that reminds me of playdough, but much more intense and nauseating. To my eye the two pieces center and right look much like IPE, the piece on the left looks like morado to me (bolivian rosewood). Morado is much more closed grain and smooth, it is also incredibly hard and heavy, and has that color and grain intensity. Ipe has that plain brown open grain look of the right two pieces. Morado has a distinct smell almost like iodine when cut which some people react to very badly, so be cautious with that if it is.

[Ken Shoemaker]

+1 for IPE

[dan sherman]

That looks a lot like Jatoba to me.


Not knowing what the true colors are, I lightened up the OP's picture and enhanced it a bit to make it maybe easier to identify.

[Scot Roberge]

From your description: ipe.
Based on the photo: sapele.

[Cody Colston]

I love these "what kind of wood is this" threads.

Out of 25 replies, not counting mine, there are, by my count, 12 different woods guessed.

So much for getting a consensus answer.

[Mike Cruz]

My sentiments exactly. I've been thinking that since about the 5th or 6th post... :)

[John Coloccia]

The two on the right look like either Sapele or Mahogany. The one on the left looks a whole heck of a lot like Cocobolo to me. It's not always redish in color and that grain really looks very Cocobolo-like.

[John Coloccia]

If you assume the left is Cocobolo, and make the whole image just a little more red, the pieces on the right start looking a lot more like Sapele. You'd expect occasional twinges of purple from Sapele.