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Thread: Identifying bookcase wood
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30th May 2012, 10:38 AM #1New Member
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Identifying bookcase wood
Hi,
Can anyone help me identify the type of wood that this bookcase is made out of? I am looking around for second hand hardwook bookcases and found this one, interested in what timber it might be?
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30th May 2012, 08:41 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Without looking at the end grain I'm going to guess (and a very big guess), plain old pine which has been stained.
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31st May 2012, 12:42 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Looks like Philipine Mahogany (Shorea.) Not a true mahogany, just another one of those exotic trade names.
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30th June 2012, 10:30 AM #4
stained heritage teak, radiata pine.Applied in a spray stain (FRS)
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I'm inclined to say stained Pine as well
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14th August 2012, 03:57 PM #6New Member
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What constitutes 'true mahogany', out of curiosity? I understand that, traditionally, any dark hardwood that resembles the mahogany of Africa came to be known as mahogany, since the name comes from an African word and spread, with the slave trade, from Africa to the West Indies and beyond.
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I will go with Stained Pine too.
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