Thread: timber ID

Id say its Boree Bob. Probably smells the best of those few Acacias.

I don't know Boree, so cannot comment on that proposal. The sweetest smelling timber I know is Scented Rosewood aka NSW Rosewood Dysoxylum fraseranum. It is a rich, browny red timber that has some distinctive figure with ^^^^^^ in it, which I can almost see here (if I have a good imagination). I am not suggesting this with any degree of certainty but throw it in the ring as a maybe if you find it isn't Boree.

David

Looks like a piece of Mulga that I have.

Very nice looking whatever it is. Even looks good as it is with that piece out

Not sure about Boree or Mulga, but certainly looks like some sort of Acacia

Not NSW Rosewood

could it be Gidgee? have been looking at photos of timber and thought mulga but the bark looked different so my guess is gidgee????

could definitely be gidgee

It looks very similar to WA Jam wood, smells superb, like raspberry Jam, turns wonderfully and has a lovely sheento it
Willy

no not jam,wish it was love that stuff

What about Brigalow? It emits a pleasant smell and it's Acacia harpophylla.

I had to wait for daylight to have a look at some Sally Wattle I have - that looks awfully like it, but the colour is not quite right. The wattle I have is blacker than that, but that could be variation in the species.

Gidyea/Gidgee has a very distinctive smell, especially when green - much like stinking feet in the areas I have been in, Central and Western Qld. Brigalow smells like Brigalow and I have never forgotten it, having been raised in Brigalow country. The Sally Wattle I have smells somewhat like burnt toffee and is quite pleasant when turning. (The tearouts are not, however!)

Where it came from would help a bit to narrow down what it is not.

If all else fails call it Black Wattle or Acacia confusiosa.

Alister.

have some black wattle ,bark is different turned some gidgee today and its the same smell so gidgee it is ,thanks to all...........bob