wood I.D.

[guts]

This wood was salvaged from an old building in my home town in S.W Pa. by my Sister,question is what kind of wood is it,any ideas?

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Can't help you but it sure is prudy!

 

[jthompson1995]

The grain looks like cherry, but the color is off. It looks like it is stained from water or something and that could be the cause of the off color. That's my best guess.

 

[alamocdc]

My first thought was the same as Jason's... water stained (or bleached) Cherry.

 

[beamer]

Between the color and the grain - it's kinda cherry lookin, but walnut colored ... I could be convinced it was walnut, near the edge of the sapwood/heartwood border if it weren't for the uniform, dense grain - walnut usually has some deeper pitted cells.

If you twist my arm, i'm with the rest and say it's some oddly colored cherry.

 

[Tanner]

No idea, but you sure have it looking nice.

 

[csb333]

I think cherry...What an outstanding finish!!

 

[Rudy Vey]

Cherry, but as someone said before with some staining...

 

[NavyDiver]

Whatever wood it is, the pen turned out very nice!

 

[Skye]

Dunno, but the finish is spot on!

 

[TellicoTurning]

I'll be absolutely no help, but my wife is forever picking up a piece of wood when we walk in the woods... since I can never identify it, I usually just call it FOG - Found on Ground... this may be FIOB... Found in old Building?[}]

That is a beaut of a pen though... !!

 

[stevers]

Don't know the wood, but I love the finish.

 

[emtmike]

Maybe.......Butternut Swirl aka White Walnut I suck at this guess the wood game.

 

[skiprat]

I don't care what wood it is, with that finish you have turned it into gold!!!!!![]


One day... just maybe mine will be half that good[]

 

[guts]

thanks everyone,i think i like chucks idea(FIOB)gonna try and find out when the building was built,just a guess would be in the early 1900's.

 

[cueman]

Looks like cherry to me. Nice job on the pen! I bet you could comb your hair in that finish. [] Very nice!

 

[guts]

Doug,don't need a comb[]but it's my choice,not a naturally bald person,easier to take care of this way.

 

[low_48]

I think the wood is poplar. Very nice finish, very nice craftsmanship.

 

[leehljp]

Originally posted by low_48
<br />I think the wood is poplar. Very nice finish, very nice craftsmanship.

It does remind me of Poplar also. The spalted part doesn't look like real spalting as much as the colors common in poplar.

 

[Ozzy]

I'm not sure about the wood but I am positive that that is a very nice pen.

 

[Woodnknots]

In my mind, two real possibilities. Poplar first. Second is a water stained maple. If the building was put up that long ago, it would have been done with rough cut lumber that was readily available. Maple or poplar fit that bill. Cherry probably would have been problematic for that usage, and not as plentiful.
I speak from a little experience with recovering wood from old buildings that were put up with rough cut local timbers.

 

[GaryMGg]

Cut old poplar -- it smells nasty.
Cut old cherry -- it stills smells good like cherry.
So, any aroma when you cut it?

 

[guts]

Gary,no nasty smell to it and don't smell anything like the cherry i'm working with now,so i'm thinking more like walnut,but i can also see why someone would think poplar because of the green hue to it,what ever it is i like it and it turns like butter.

 

[splinter99]

Beautiful pen..where at in sw pa?.Im south of Pittsburgh

 

[guts]

Harold,Fairchance Pa. six miles south of Uniontown.

 

[Radman]

Poplar!