View Full Version : Mahogany Identification
Bob Coleman
02-12-2011, 8:02 PM
So I bought this board today at a flea market - $3
Its mahogany, but I don't know anything about any type other than Honduran/genuine/south american.
Can anybody ID it from the pictures? What does one look for to differentiate the types?
Thanks!
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Dan Bowman
02-12-2011, 8:31 PM
based on the color, the ribbon and the tearout, I'd say African mahogany
J.R. Rutter
02-12-2011, 8:58 PM
based on the color, the ribbon and the tearout, I'd say African mahogany
Agreed - Khaya
glenn bradley
02-12-2011, 9:21 PM
+1 on African. I'm no expert but I did (no, not "stayed in a Holiday Inn Express") make a few items out of African mahogany and it looked like that ;-)
Jim Tobias
02-12-2011, 11:05 PM
It's unanimous(so far), african mahogany!!
Jim
John Coloccia
02-13-2011, 12:47 AM
It could also be Sapele but it's probably Khaya.
Dan Galcik
02-13-2011, 9:35 AM
African Mahogany is my vote as well. I have several boards and your pictures are what mine look like.
Peter Quinn
02-13-2011, 10:02 AM
I've seen a lot of both African and South American at work, I'd guess what you have there is African, but both can look like that example, so I wouldn't be 100% sure based on a visual. But the smell of African when cut is distinct. It has a camphorous almost toasted cinnamon smell that SA mahogany does not. Can you send a whiff of a fresh cut through the computer? Try slicing an end and giving it a sniff. If it smells a bit like cinnamon or allspice, its almost definitely African.
Bob Coleman
02-13-2011, 11:30 AM
Alright, thanks everyone! I will go with African.
Paul Grothouse
02-13-2011, 11:45 PM
It is African, you can tell by the interlocked grain, it creates the "fuzzy" ribbons. It is not Sapele or South American "Big Leaf" mahogany.
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