[BensBeerStShop]

My girlfriend who is a sculpting teacher at a local university found this outside the school studio. It may belong to a student, but she hasn't figured out who yet. If no one claims it, she'll probably bring it to me. Any Idea what it might be? it is bright yellow with some reddish color toward the center. Being that it is just a chunk of log, I would guess it grew around here in PA.

 

[SASmith]

I would guess osage orange or mulberry.

 

[BensBeerStShop]

Thanks Scott. From the description, I would guess it is osage orange. That is a good website, I don't know why I never saw it before

 

[ShaneA]

Reminds me of Mulberry

 

[Montanacur]

Either way it's a very neat color.

 

[donwilwol]

It could be locust.

 

[Picklehead]

I'm stumped.

 

[redSLED]

It's not Ikea wood.

 

[mojapitt]

My first thought was Locust

 

[WDHLT15]

Black locust only has one or two sapwood rings. That is what I see in your pic. The color and the very narrow sapwood band would indicate black locust. If balck locust, all the pores will be totally occluded with tyloses, mulberry will have some open pores if viewed with a hand lens.

 

[donwilwol]

And if its locust it will be hard. Sharpen your tools!

 

[shopdog]

Maybe honey locust, with that reddish color in the middle