Thread: Guess the woods?

Hi Derek,
I'll have a go.
From the Bottom ; Snake Wood, She Oak, Queens Ebony, maybe Walnut, Could be Red Gum, & Wenge.

Just for a bit of fun, I'll have a go too...

L to R in bottom pic: No Idea (looks 'stringy', like some sort of palm), She-oak, Zebrano (x 2), Rock-oak (where have I seen something like that before? ), Jarrah.

Cheers,

Good identifications by some.

Here are the woods again ..



From the top down:

Macassar Ebony (Diospyros celebica, from Indonesia) - this turns wonderfully. Tight grain.

Rock She-Oak (Allocasuarina huegeliana, from Western Ausralia) - another that is tight grained and turns sweetly.

Two in Wenge (Millettia laurentii, from the Congo) - you need a really sharp edge for this wood. It begins to break out at soon as the edge goes.

West Australian She-Oak (Allocasuarina fraseriana), another from the She-oak family (Casuarinacece) - turns well, hard and interlocked grain.

Black Palm (Normanya normanbyi, typically from tropical Asia or Africa, but this piece was from North Queensland in Australia) - this was a total bugger to turn. Some argue it is a grass not a wood, and its fibrous nature makes it nearly impossible to turn without the sharpest edge. This knife was #3, with the two preceding attempts exploding on me. Finally finished it with sandpaper.

Regards from Perth

Derek