Just wood, but what kind?

[Buzzzz4]

I made my first of the year. This was a piece of wood I won at an MPG a couple years back. I think it might be Amboyna as that was what it smelled like. It just seems a bit dark for it.

Placed on a Stretch with CA finish.

Thanks!

 

[hilltopper46]

Pen looks great!

 

[Buzzzz4]

All fixed. Pics are there now. Thanks!

 

[Haynie]

Cool. No clue what it is but really like the transition from light to dark.

 

[Jim Burr]

This is cheap I know...but a rosewood of some kind? Maybe even Afezalia...pardon my spelling and lack there of. Pen is bomb!!

 

[pensbydesign]

not sure but looks like some chata viga i turned

 

[low_48]

not sure but looks like some chata viga i turned

Spelled chakte viga, sometimes called Mexican pernambuco, but I'm not sure that is the wood. I know chakte viga to be more orange, but there are always variations.

 

[BSea]

I was thinking it might be plain amboyna (not burl). But the smell when turning would have been a dead giveaway.

 

[mick]

If it had a smell like Amboyna then is probably Narra which some sources claim to be the same wood just not burled.(Don't remember where I read this)I've turned a lot of both and the smell is identical.

 

[BSea]

If it had a smell like Amboyna then is probably Narra which some sources claim to be the same wood just not burled.(Don't remember where I read this)I've turned a lot of both and the smell is identical.

Thanks, I couldn't remember the name of the wood. I've heard the same thing.