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alex grams
01-24-2011, 4:21 PM
Someone was making some natural edge plaques for deer mounts from some wood. They called it driftwood (which I think is just a fancy way of saying he didn't know what it was). It looks like they took a piece with some grain, roughed its shape to match the grain pattern and make it look natural edge, then sanded it down, though I cannot tell what kind of wood it is:
Maybe an ash, or a light colored cherry?
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/jdwmidland/plaque1.jpg
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/jdwmidland/plaque4.jpg
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/jdwmidland/plaque2.jpg
Don Buck
01-27-2011, 2:13 PM
My vote is cherry, complete with gum pockets.
Matt Roth
01-27-2011, 3:24 PM
Another vote for cherry.
Chip Lindley
01-27-2011, 8:58 PM
Something makes me want to say Walnut at first impression. There are some lighter-colored species exactly like this.
Larry Fox
01-28-2011, 9:01 AM
Something makes me want to say Walnut at first impression. There are some lighter-colored species exactly like this.
+1 on this - I think maybe walnut as well. Is it an open-pore wood?
Frank Drew
01-28-2011, 9:14 AM
The grain/figure and color (as rendered on my monitor, so no guarantee of accuracy) makes me think butternut, sometimes called white walnut; it doesn't look open pored, so that rules out ash, elm, chestnut, hickory, oak...., but, again, fine details are hard to see on my computer screen.
John Coloccia
01-28-2011, 9:20 AM
+1 on this - I think maybe walnut as well. Is it an open-pore wood?
Something makes me want to say Walnut at first impression. There are some lighter-colored species exactly like this.
I don't know what it is, but my immediate first reaction when I saw the picture was, "Wow, that's some pale looking walnut".
Butternut should be easy to spot because it's so light, about the same density as spruce.
Jim Summers
01-28-2011, 9:52 AM
When I saw the picture I thought Walnut. I can see where it could be a cherry though.
HTH
Chris Padilla
01-28-2011, 11:36 AM
My vote is for walnut. I don't think those are gum pockets...could just be bark inclusions/knots. Walnut can have many colors from a deep chocolate to a very reddish brown to tan. Butternut is another one as already mentioned...often called walnut's blonde cousin. :)
Steve Pippins
01-28-2011, 1:45 PM
Alex, I see that you are in Houston. Could it be mesquite?
Steve
John Coloccia
01-28-2011, 1:52 PM
Alex, I see that you are in Houston. Could it be mesquite?
Steve
Oh, that's a good one too. Mesquite is nearly twice as dense as walnut. Something like 50lbs/cubic foot. Walnut's around 30. If it weighs a ton, I'd like to change my answer to mesquite!
David Nelson1
01-28-2011, 2:05 PM
reminds me of a Siberian Elm
Danny Hamsley
01-28-2011, 9:03 PM
I think that it might be sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua. In the old days, it was called red gum in the trade. It is a very common Southeast Texas wood.
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