Patrick Baney
02-15-2022, 3:44 PM
Hey all
I'm trying to ID some of this mystery lumber I came across in a recent purchase. Both were lumped in with "walnut", which they very well may be, but for several reasons I suspect they're not.
First 3 pics: Other than the figure, the most noteworthy bit about this wood is it stinks, like piss. It's a strong aroma that sticks around on your hands. It's fairly punky, and probably around 600-700 janka. To reiterate...it stinks. Also, the pictures may mislead it's beauty...or lack thereof, as it's actually a pretty ugly puke looking color. Any ideas?
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Second Set: This certainly looks more like walnut, but I'm fairly certain it isn't. It smells nothing like walnut, a smell which I'm very familiar with. It smells like perfume and (you guessed it) piss. Not quite as unpleasant as the piece above, but definitely a smell that wore on me as I worked with it. Note how well defined the grain lines are in the shooting board pic. Those grain lines are just as well defined in the endgrain. I've also never seen those orange hues in walnut. One more thing...it was incredibly difficult to plane without tearing out, despite it being about the same hardness as walnut.
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I'm trying to ID some of this mystery lumber I came across in a recent purchase. Both were lumped in with "walnut", which they very well may be, but for several reasons I suspect they're not.
First 3 pics: Other than the figure, the most noteworthy bit about this wood is it stinks, like piss. It's a strong aroma that sticks around on your hands. It's fairly punky, and probably around 600-700 janka. To reiterate...it stinks. Also, the pictures may mislead it's beauty...or lack thereof, as it's actually a pretty ugly puke looking color. Any ideas?
473979473978473980
Second Set: This certainly looks more like walnut, but I'm fairly certain it isn't. It smells nothing like walnut, a smell which I'm very familiar with. It smells like perfume and (you guessed it) piss. Not quite as unpleasant as the piece above, but definitely a smell that wore on me as I worked with it. Note how well defined the grain lines are in the shooting board pic. Those grain lines are just as well defined in the endgrain. I've also never seen those orange hues in walnut. One more thing...it was incredibly difficult to plane without tearing out, despite it being about the same hardness as walnut.
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