Ironbark (?) from Melb

My sister had a dead tree chopped down this week. It has been dead for ~5 years and there is another live one nearby. Before cutting down I thought it was an Ironbark, but seeing the blocks, it has the thickest and strangest bark I have ever seen. Any ideas as to species? Sorry no nuts or flowers that I could see.


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My shoulder is too sore still to lift the log pieces but the bark was fine :U. I'm looking at making some pen and small pepper grinder blanks from the larger segments, as the bark looks so interesting, although it will probably need stabilising.

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The timber will stay there until I can lift them some time off in the future, but as they are not sealed, they may just stay there :-. If the bark blanks work out I'll be back for more of that :U.

It looks like grey ironbark without the lichen on it. It could be the small leafed version of the grey iron bark. Cheers WC

Red Ironbark, lots of it around here. I use the bark for pen blanks, makes great pens (uses a bit of CA though:o)

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Thanks Fred.

I too have made pens out of the Red Ironbark bark from Qld (cast with blue resin), just this looked so different, almost a concrete consistency and timber more a brown rather than the dark red we get. Must be just a location difference. A little CA will do as a stabiliser on the pen blanks whilst I am in Melb :rolleyes:.

Thanks WC, could be as the timber doesn't look red enough. I am also aware of what we call brown ironbark in Qld but I don't know species in Melb