Help with wood ID (pics)

[Alex Shanku]

Today at work I came across some dunnage that looked very square, straight and interesting. So I took them home, cleaned a few up and in the image below, resawed a bookmatched pair.

Any idea what this type of wood is?

Thanks,

Alexhttp://www.hunt101.com/img/526455-big.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/img/526454-big.jpg

["Jason Belous"]

mably spaleted ash with figure. don't take it to the bank though.

[Jim W. White]

looks like spalted oak to me ...but ash is close also

Nice score!!

[Jason Beam]

I'd need to see a closer shot to say for sure ... I'd go with oak, too. Mostly for color, though. If i saw it closer i'd feel more confident in that.

[Greg Crawford]

Alex,

It's worthless firewood. If you ship it to me, I'll gladly dispose of it for you.

Greg

[Rob Will]

Sycamore (?)

Rob

[edward alexander]

what did it smell like when you cut it; each wood has it's smell;olk smells like olk,--so on and so on.
alex

[Jared Cuneo]

I'm gonna go with Birch.....

JC

[Dan Barr]

hmm...

im going to go with walnut... j/k

alex, "olk smells like olk"

thats priceless!!!

v/r

dan

[Chris Barnett]

...use the receipt, Alex...use the receipt...:D greenish cast...maybe poplar...

[Nathan Conner]

Ahh, yes. The bottom piece is swamp gas. The top piece is the infamous "Maburchoke". I haven't seen any of that in years.

It's been hybrigrafted; Birch grown around a little bit of Maple grafted to white Oak.

Very rare. Usually not seen in the wild, as it's a secret government project based on....hold on...someone at the door.

[Jack Camillo]

I'm thinking red oak

[Alex Shanku]

Thanks for the input everyone.

I feel safe to say it is not oak. Its much heavier than oak and also machines "differently".

What about beech?

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/beech/beech,%20spalted%203%20web.jpg

Looks somewhat similar.

[Jack Tanner]

My wife says it looks like Hackberry, just like a dinning set my dad use to have. I still have a stump of a Hackberry tree in my yard. Looks just like it.

[James Phillips]

I think the top piece is spalted white oak. This is why it will feel heavier than red oak... Also explains the greyish color

[Alex Shanku]

Hackberry may very well be it!

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/hackberry.htm

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/hackberry/hackberry,%20spalted%201%20s100%20q60%20web.jpg

[Graham Skinner]

I just saw a photo of some sassafras and it looks similar to your stuff, on the other hand it does look a bit like beech to me.

[Bryan Berguson]

Looks like shagbark hickory to me. How does it machine? Hickory will pick badly and tear out when routed.

Bryan