Let us know the results! ChuckThanks! Gonna do some test on some mystery wood I have....
Hey Barry, post a photo of it if possible- bringing this topic back up is a great idea as it should benefit us members here from looking at it at a different perspective, as an alternative method to id wood based on absenteeism or existence of fluorescence characteristics.I had some pink wood, that I asked for ID help here;
I sent a piece to Arn to look at cause he ahs lots of experience with pink ivory. His conclusion was that it was not pink ivory, maybe rosa permando . I just put a black lite to it and it fluoresces slightly, not as much as Brian's appears to. Who knows, maybe rosa permandu can fluoresce toohelp with ID
Bought a few random pieces of wood from an old woodworker/woodturner who had passed. His turning club held a garage sale for the widow to sell his woodworking stuff, he had a lot of lumber as well, but by the time I got there it was mostly gone. Picked up a few boards. this one didn't look...woodbarter.com
Thanks for the insights Brian, I cant really detect any smell at all from the wood I have, and it is not chippy either, and never noticed any burning, so looks like it is becoming less likely all the time that it is Pink Ivory...In use, pink ivory will burn easy on a belt sander - it heats up fast bc of density. And the burns often go more than surface deep - I always use a new belt and give it a rest, because you can lose color quick. Also has a distinctive smell when this happens - hard to describe, but kind of resinous/plastic to me. It has tap tone (unless the piece is cracked, which a lot are) but nowhere close to a rosewood. And when you work it, it kind of shatters - if you use a dull blade, it'll splinter out on you. Finally, when you sand it, it'll take a polish. Not to the same degree as diw, but similar in that it really comes clear and pops in the high grits / buffing.
Don't know if those help for your ID, but that's how I think about it.