Very heavy. I think it’s Handroanthus spp.
Thanks,
G
Thanks,
G
Brazilian walnut (ipe?)
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I’d say it is but it’s hard to tell from the rough endgrain. Also do consider cumaru which is also used in flooring and is also called Brazilian walnut.
Many of the Ipe species have greenish yellow sawdust when cut.
All I know is it is hard, really hard.
And leaves really tiny splinters that fester. But...it's a durable wood!!
If it is IPE, it is very hard. I was given some cut off pieces from a trailer company that used it for trailer flooring. It does have nasty splinters.
Looks like Ipê but from these pictures I can't say 100% confident.
Cumaru is a clear wood...called in Brazil Ipê Champanhe
I have both here at home
Ipê
End grain
Cumaru at left
End grain
Other piece
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I did one Brazilian Walnut floor in 30+ yrs of floor installation. Many BZ Cherry. The Walnut was one of the hardest species I worked with.
Maybe all the cumaru I have seen is stained (flooring) but yours looks a lot lighter than usual. (I’m not doubting it’s cumaru, I’m just wondering if that piece is representative of the whole species)
Thanks for comment...this is the reason I add scientific name...I don't have any doubt my pieces are real Cumaru...At book picture you can read:Cumaru verdadeiro=Real Cumaru...Cumaru Amarelo=Yellow Cumaru...and Champanhe (because is clear as champagne) instead a brown color at real Ipe (for decks and flooring).
The name Cumaru at other woods with brown color can be just a comercial way to add value or someone translated as Cumaru another wood specie (both because is easy to sell or is close to Ipe not beeing Ipe but still very good to flooring and decks).But I believe we can find darker real Cumaru (I just never saw ).The wood world is so complex...we learn all the time.
Thanks one more time for comment.
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There are several species of Dipteryx and they are often lumped into the "cumaru" group, similar to how we lump many of the oaks. I have a piece from Advantage Lumber that has a medium brown color with hints of red hue on the other side. The end grain matches Dipteryx. You can see it just a few samples down on Paul's site.
Here is a link to his Ipe page as well. Chalked full of useful information.
Here is a link to his Ipe page as well. Chalked full of useful information.
Hello folks...last Friday I visited one wpod store at my state and found there for sell a piece of Cumarú (brown color) like someone comented here.
First time I saw brown Cumaru instead yellow.
The board price is R$ 500 (around US$ 93 ) size:
1700x250x70 mm
Thanks for attention
First time I saw brown Cumaru instead yellow.
The board price is R$ 500 (around US$ 93 ) size:
1700x250x70 mm
Thanks for attention
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I dug out this scrap of flooring and hit a lick with 120g and then wet it. It was labeled BZ Walnut then. First pic is with
it laid by a couple pieces of BZ cherry , then between the same boards and BZ cherry parquet.
it laid by a couple pieces of BZ cherry , then between the same boards and BZ cherry parquet.
