Any guesses
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Free wood?
Feather curl....maple?
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Ha, me post maple curl to guess, no way.
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Blow up pic. Grain is no way maple. Another wood seller guessed the group by the grain.. but he has a ton of experience.
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And I will add. It is sap wood.
When I click on the picture, it does not enlarge enough to see any grain. I could see curl and some spalt. What I saw is found in several species, Maple and Mango being more common. If I could see it better, maybe I could present a better reply. I didn't see a scale either, so that might help. Seen grain in Crepe myrtle and California Laurel like that as well.
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Well if it is Koa, that is just sad, being you see koa that curly often. I was figuring it was a native US wood to your area that rarely has figure that heavy, thus the excitement in showing. Either way, will make someone happy.
I had Spanish cedar one time that had curl like that. It made someone very happy. Thanks for the bigger picture, still can't grasps it.
I had Spanish cedar one time that had curl like that. It made someone very happy. Thanks for the bigger picture, still can't grasps it.
i've seen one piece of eucalyptus sap wood that looked like that, but no spalting
Mango
i was going to say that but it didn't look quite like the mango i've seen
Mike, Need a hint. Is then wood from the Continental U.S?
It looks a lot like mango I've used but I didn't read other guesses and mango was already nixed.
Could be koa sap wood, it spalts well and has good curl in the right piece. Since his most recent acquisition was a load of koa that will be my guess.
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We have a winner-Koa
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i see other koa on his camera roll right beside those pictures. should have been a give away
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well it was a pretty strong hint
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It is a 1.4 " piece- all sap wood. I am going to trade for dyed blanks of the same for some knifes. we will see how it turns out