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need this piece of wood ID'ed
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Could be, but in its roughsawn shape, there’s no way to tell - plane one face down and you might get a better answer -
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That could be any number of different woods - it's impossible to tell in that photo.
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It looks like EIR. Knowing where you bought it and for what purpose could help narrow it down. If you bought it from a luthier supply shop then it's probably EIR by the look of it.
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Maybe Koa?
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It bears no resemblance to koa.
It does look like Indian rosewood. |
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Try cutting an edge slice off and see what it smells like. Also you will see the grain, etc more clearly.
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I think the koa reference is tied to the cross-grain ripples that resemble curl. Those are actually saw marks from a very coarse bandsaw blade. Surfacing the wood makes identification much easier.
The smell of Indian rosewood is distinctive, but I wouldn't call it spicy. That description makes me think Guatemalan RW, which has often been sold as Honduran in the past. Cocobolo smell sometimes is referred to as spicy. Any idea of the density? Guatemalan RW is noticeably less dense than most rosewoods. |
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I'm trying to sand it down since I don't have many tools here. The sawdust is a dark rusty red and the hardness? When I tap my fingernail on the blank it sounds like a piece of ceramic, almost the same sound as tapping a ceramic floor tile.
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There are so many kinds of rosewood, I think it would be close to impossible to identify a sample without sending to a forest products lab or some such.
That said, Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) and Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) each have very distinctive odors. Other rosewoods from Brazil, for example, may have no particularly identifiable odor, so precise identification is by smell, even at the sawmill. There's no way I would accept anything as Brazilian rosewood if it did not pass the scratch-n-sniff test. Kingwood, cocobolo, Nicaraugan rosewood, Cambodian rosewood and so many others are equally good, but the $$$ goes to D.nigra.
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Could be ironwood - could be rosewood - there’s just not enough info there to make a definitive ID - I can tell you it’s not a spruce -
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finally, a definitive answer LOL
ok then, it may be a while yet before computers offer smell-o-vision so, thanks for the input, much appreciated |