padauk

[Byron Barker]

@phinds

Byron, the longer piece also looks like a Pterocarpus, reminded me a bit of P. macrocarpus.

What kind of 'Mahogany' were you thinking it was?

This was sold to me as South American mahogany (in Chinese). I thought the same thing. It looked much more like padauk, so I bought a bunch of these boards to make a coffee table. They gave me a really good deal, so I didn’t think much about it other than it was pretty. I got some other African wood that is also somewhat similar.

 

[phinds]

Looks like padauk to me. Can you post pic of end grain?

 

[Mike Hill]

Here’s some small piece of padauk I can throw in for you. Also, the longer piece is that dark mahogany. I’ve got about 20 boards this size with or without sapwood. Let me know if you want me to cut one up.

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I'm a sucker for two-tone! Heck yeah!

 

[Byron Barker]

Looks like padauk to me. Can you post pic of end grain?

Pics good enough for you, I’d doubt it! I’ll take some though when I cut it for Mike

 

[phinds]

Pics good enough for you, I’d doubt it! I’ll take some though when I cut it for Mike

Well, padauk is very easy to spot in the end grain so even a clean saw cut should show it OK.

 

[Byron Barker]

Stuff is definitely not mahogany. Smells much more like padauk. If it is, I got a hell of a deal!

 

[phinds]

Clean up the end grain so you can actually see the characteristics and then compare it to those on my site.