Brw dry 40 years

[chuck starkey]

I did not realize how hard engrain photos would be to take with my phone. Under.my diamond microscope thar I used for 45 years to identify gemstones, I can see this wood I have has about half as many end grain pores as dose all my other rosewood. I have no photos to prove this. I did however put all my rosewood in a tank of water the supposed brw did float and all others sank. Also took shavings from all wood, put in jars wuth purified water shook the jard and put a ultraviolight on all. , the suppose brw did not change, all other rosewood did fluorescence with a pale green-blue.
After these 3 test, I believe the wood is genuine 40 year old brw.





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[daniscool]

I did not realize how hard engrain photos would be to take with my phone. Under.my diamond microscope thar I used for 45 years to identify gemstones, I can see this wood I have has about half as many end grain pores as dose all my other rosewood. I have no photos to prove this. I did however put all my rosewood in a tank of water the supposed brw did float and all others sank. Also took shavings from all wood, put in jars wuth purified water shook the jard and put a ultraviolight on all. , the suppose brw did not change, all other rosewood did fluorescence with a pale green-blue.
After these 3 test, I believe the wood is genuine 40 year old brw.





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Yeah end grain pics are not so easy to do with a phone camera.
The rest of the tests have very promising results.

 

[Hannison]

The cheap clip on macro lenses for cell phones, paired with a crappy tripod, work surprisingly well. Here's a close up of padauk, and a quarter.