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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I have a board that I am using in a project but I am not sure what species it is. It looks similar to blood wood but I am pretty sure it isn't blood wood because it isn't as heavy as samples of blood wood that I have worked with before. It does seem to be a resinous wood but not as dense as blood wood.
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I have worked with a lot of teak and walnut and it is definitely not either of the fore mentioned. I believe AJ is is correct on the Tiger wood. Both of the boards came from the same piece of lumber and I feel pretty confidant that it is Tiger wood after looking at some pictures on the web. Thanks AJ
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I just posted a link for tiger wood decking and for some reason it hasn't posted yet. If you do a search for tiger wood decking you will see the different colors. The board I had was 8'x12" and I am using it for the top of a book case. I will be using red oak for the legs, walnut panel inserts and tiger wood for the stretchers. I like to mix my wood up to give it a unique look.
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The colors and white sapwood are similar to cherry, canary wood, monkey thorn, black wattle, redwood, and local Alligator Juniper slabs to my eyes?

My stash of Mexican Tigerwood (Goncalo Alves) is darker than that sample, tends to be brownish orange, is really hard, and heavy. Much different feel than the light weight woods listed above.

Wattle family is another really hard wood, which makes it easy to distinguish from other cherry, redwood, or juniper.

The colors are too pink/red, and heartwood is too large to be white poplar.

Juniper tends to have knots and/or resin defects, coupled with low hardness; making it easy to differentiate.

Canarywood tends to have distinct yellow, orange, and brown bands along the grain.

Questions:

What does it look like with some MS wiped on the surface to highlight the colors?
What is density and hardness?
What is end grain look like?


If you search the references I posted above, while staring at some polished end grain; should be easy to narrow down the options.

Best Luck.
 
#21 · (Edited by Moderator)
I have added MS to enhance the color of the wood. The two pieces are from the same board. I also have an end grain shot as well. I am pretty sure it isn't an American hardwood. My phone doesn't take very good pictures and the color is a dark redish brown except for the sap wood.

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#22 ·
Two more choices to compare a magnified end grain against:

Best Guess:
Morado (Bolivian Rosewood)
Morado or Pau Ferro are less expensive and easier to find. Can have resin pockets and is less dense/hard than many rosewood.
example slab: https://www.tehwoods.com/wood-shop/pau-ferro-10
Pau Ferro has large color variation. Ask google for images and will find tehwoods.com site has many out of stock slab images available.

Maybe:
Chechen (Caribbean Rosewood)
Chechen slabs are hard to find and tend to be expensive. Chechen is usually more brown, then the pics so far. But it does get orange/red when it has lighter coloration.
example slab: https://www.woodcraft.com/products/chechen-slab-55-1-2-x-16-x-1-1-4-woodcraft-woodshop?

If it is either one of these, you have some valuable wood in your shop.

Cheers!
 
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Not Chechen, I have used Chechen alot. Also called Black Poisonwood, because the sap and bark are highly poisonous.

I am currently working on a box with Pao Ferro, I would say this wood has mush tighter grain than what is shown in photos, but that may just be characteristic of the stock I have.

Another total guess may be Limba, there is a red and a black variety, I think.
 
#26 · (Edited by Moderator)
I went to Atlantic in Veneer Beaufort today to get some 1/4 walnut ply. They deal with exotics so I took my samples with me to see if they might could identify. We looked at some wood on the web and the best match they could come up with was tiger wood. We were still not 100% sure but it was the best guess. It sure is a whole easier to ID the lumber here in the US. Below is some pictures of the book case I am building for my wife. All the mortises and tenons have been fitted but not glued. The top shelf and stretcher's is who knows for what kind of wood. The legs are red oak and the bottom stretcher's inside shelves are walnut. Side panels will also be walnut.

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