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    Default Timber identification

    Wondering if anyone might know what kind of timber was used on these draw fronts. Made in the 50's or 60's using dovetail joints. I'd like to make 6 more draws using if possible the same timber.
    I recently purchased a $200 9/10 cupboard from an elderly couple who decided on selling all their 50's and 60's furniture prior to relocating to an aged car facility. I also purchase 9 more pieces of their 9/10 furniture, in storage for now.
    Draws 1.jpg 60's Cupboard 2.jpg 60's Cupboard 1.jpg Draw 2.jpg
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    looks like silky oak

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    Thanks and just Googled Silky Oak timber and the pictures match sopt on, now to find someone who sell it.

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    its northern silky, not southern. You wont find it that dark because the darkness is age related: what you'll find will be yellow to brownish in colourm but the grain will be the same and the patina of age will come with time.

    PM me, I've got a mate at Blackwater who bought some off me a while back and may still have some left in stock. He wanders up here couple times a year and always leaves with his trailer loaded down with timber. If he has none I can get it relatively easy.

    Drawer sides are Kauri - again available without too much drama.

    The third picture looks like Qld Walnut. That isnt so easy to source - getting pretty scarce now.

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