Is this Pecan?

[Dueane Hicks]

The tree grew in Eastern Washington in the tri cities.
The person I bought my lathe from gave me these huge chunks of wood; telling me they were Pecan. This was 30% moisture after 3 years of being air dried outside under a tarp. It is rock hard and smoked my bandsaw blade (probably because it was full of mud). I color corrected the photos so the true color is shown. Does this look like pecan? It cracks very easily!
Thank you for any help on this one!


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[Walter Mooney]

Looks too dark to me to be pecan. All the pecan I see here in TX is much lighter in color, and, like your pieces, is rock hard after drying. A turner outside Houston used to refer to it at “pecan-crete”!

[Art Mann]

Based on the appearance, I would say it is reasonable to identify it as pecan. I would need more pictures to be sure. Pecan is very much like hickory in the way it works. It is hard, brittle and strong.

[Dueane Hicks]

It's definitely strong and hard as a rock!

[John K Jordan]

The tree grew in Eastern Washington in the tri cities.
The person I bought my lathe from gave me these huge chunks of wood; telling me they were Pecan. This was 30% moisture after 3 years of being air dried outside under a tarp. It is rock hard and smoked my bandsaw blade (probably because it was full of mud). I color corrected the photos so the true color is shown. Does this look like pecan? It cracks very easily!
Thank you for any help on this one!


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It's easy to guess by looking at boards or chunks of wood. If you want to know, shave a bit of the end grain with a single-edge razor blade and look at it with a hand lens. You should be able to tell if it's pecan (or hickory which is extremely close) - they are quite distinctive compared to some other heavy, hard wood species. But if a guess is good enough, your all done.

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[John Nordyke]

The surest way to determine if it is pecan is to bake some into a pie, add cool whip, and see if it makes you want both a second slice and a nap. :D

[Dueane Hicks]

The surest way to determine if it is pecan is to bake some into a pie, add cool whip, and see if it makes you want both a second slice and a nap. :D


How come my teeth hurt after doing that?

[John K Jordan]

Originally Posted by John Nordyke
The surest way to determine if it is pecan is to bake some into a pie, add cool whip, and see if it makes you want both a second slice and a nap.
How come my teeth hurt after doing that?

The cool whip must have been too cold.

[William McAnelly]

Pecan smell like chicken manure when you turn it green. When it is dry it is very hard.