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  1. 1st June 2013, 08:50 PM #1
    mattocks
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    Default Can anyone identify this wood

    I bought some recycled Tassie Myrtle floorboards for a project.
    These boards were among the ones I chose. Initially I thought they were tassie myrtle
    but with a figure I had never seen in that wood.
    On closer inspection it is quite different to myrtle.
    It has a more open grain although it is quite hard as well.
    The closest I could come up with is Karri, but I'm pretty sure it's not that.
    So if anyone could identify it I would be appreciative.

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  3. 1st June 2013, 11:27 PM #2
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    Looks like Indonesian Kauri to me.
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    Default That Wood.

    Hi Frank,
    1 Question, is it heavy, & if it has a bit of Weight about it, I wood think it was Leatherwood.
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  5. 2nd June 2013, 12:15 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by issatree View Post
    Hi Frank,
    1 Question, is it heavy, & if it has a bit of Weight about it, I wood think it was Leatherwood.
    It does have some good weight to it issatree.

    Leatherwood or indonesian kauri, will try and check them out further.
    I like it whatever it turns out to be.
    It might make sense if it is leatherwood turning up in a batch of tassie myrtle seeing as both are tassie trees
    Cheers

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  6. 2nd June 2013, 12:11 PM #5
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    Could be sassafrass with no spalting.
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  7. 2nd June 2013, 02:47 PM #6
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    Here's a photo of myrtle for comparison. The grain and feature looks similar to me. Myrtle will dis colour to a light tan/Brown colour, when exposed to daylight. then some of the poorer boards will have no colour from the start.
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    I have some ironbark that looks a bit like that. Very heavy, dense and hard as. Whatever it is, I like it.
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    It has a bit of a BrushBox look to it



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  10. 2nd June 2013, 09:30 PM #9
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    Now I think it is probably myrtle with no colour. A nice trick would be to mix a stain which can make it match the better coloured wood.
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