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Offline TimothyR

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What kind of wood is this?
« on: February 22, 2017, 05:16:10 pm »
What kind of stave is this. It spit easy and is somewhat light. I was thinking cherry but not sure. Thank you for any replys
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Offline Limbwalker

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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2017, 05:42:08 pm »
I'm having a hard time focusing on that bark, what general area do you live in? Is it a branch or trunk? Thanks
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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2017, 06:25:00 pm »
I live in southern Oklahoma. It may be honey locust. It had long blackish thorns growing inside the wood. And I believe it's a trunk.
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Offline mullet

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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2017, 06:34:36 pm »
Honey Locust is what I thought it was looking at the growth rings and wood.
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Offline Limbwalker

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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2017, 06:59:16 pm »
I agree with both of you, thanks for the info
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2017, 07:07:25 pm »
Do you have a black light? Locusts are fluorescent and will glow like they're radioactive under a black light.... even more so if freshly cut, scraped, or sanded.
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Re: What kind of wood is this?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2017, 07:12:45 pm »
Yep that honey locust will have varrigated colors in the heartwood...salmon,gray,light brown etc.Very pretty heartwood.Kinda thick sapwood too like yours.
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