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Offline goomba

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Help with wood ID
« on: March 03, 2019, 12:30:06 pm »
A friend of mine keeps me supplied with bow wood
that he cuts in Ohio. This is one that he thought was
Elm but I split it very easily. I'm pretty sure that it
is not Elm. I don't know what kind of wood it is.
It is 5" in diameter with late growth rings that average 1/4".
Any ideas what it might be?
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2019, 12:44:19 pm »
Looks like Black Walnut to me.
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Offline Woodely

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2019, 12:45:31 pm »
Just a wild guess Poplar or Cottonwood... ???
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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2019, 01:30:16 pm »
That is elm. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2019, 01:33:02 pm »
Looks like Poplar to me.
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2019, 01:58:39 pm »
Looks like walnut to me. What does the pith look like?
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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2019, 03:49:43 pm »
Bark sure looks like elm.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2019, 03:58:29 pm »
 Doesn't look like our Elm.
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Offline goomba

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2019, 04:01:50 pm »
Thanks guys.

 The reason I don't think it is elm is because there
is no interlocking grain. I can run my hand down
the wood without getting a splinter. Is there an
elm without interlocking grain?
 The pith is medium dark flaky stuff.
I've read that poplar is not a good bow wood.
I guess I could try using it later...nothing to loose but time.
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Offline DC

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2019, 04:24:09 pm »
It looks nice and straight. If it's Poplar make arrows, maybe :)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2019, 08:25:14 pm »
If it's poplar it makes good arrows.
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Offline M2A

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2019, 09:39:38 pm »
Walnut had a specific smell to it, sapwood or hartwood. If you have ever worked with the stuff you should understand. Nothing else like it imo. Of course so does elm but I don't think its as pronounced or as pleasant. I'd suggest taking a few swipes with some sandpaper and maybe that could tell you something or rule something out.
Mike   
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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2019, 04:30:13 am »
Looks like a young Black walnut to me, pretty sure it's not Elm.
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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2019, 07:13:11 am »
could be hickory... if pith has greenish color..  could say popular but bark doesnt match popular IMO... popular is too brittle for bow... maybe walnut... thats a lot of sapwood for walnut though..Im going with hickory on this one...gut
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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: Help with wood ID
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2019, 07:43:58 am »
Black walnut, young trees have a lot o f sapwood like that.
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