Help IDing this Wood

[joeatact]

A customer came back from Kansas with some ironwood and this wood. It is a dense wood slight smell but I dont know if its iron wood or what can anyone help?

any ideas

Thanks

 

[cd18524]

maybe osage orange????????

Chris

 

[GaryMGg]

OO was my first guess w/o seeing Chris's reply

 

[TellicoTurning]

The color looks like OO maybe sap-wood... the smell throws me, I don't remember any of mine having a smell. I have some I cut myself and it has more of a green tinge in the gold, but a nice grain patter.

 

[reed43]

My quess is Ironwood sap wood. I have some that is very near the same as this, and yes it does smell

 

[Glass Scratcher]

Originally posted by reed43
<br />My quess is Ironwood sap wood. I have some that is very near the same as this, and yes it does smell

When you say smell- is it a good smell? or a bad smell?

 

[mrcook4570]

Originally posted by Glass Scratcher
When you say smell- is it a good smell? or a bad smell?

Imagine the smell of the wrong end of a pig on hot summer day. Now you can decide for yourself if it is a good smell or a bad smell []

 

[joeatact]

Thanks for all the replies I believe it to be ironwood sap also. It was from a branch about 2" in diameter

 

[Rifleman1776]

Looks a little too open grained to be OO. And the smell thing is a puzzler too.

 

[doeringr]

I would agree with the open grain issue. The osage that I've turned is very dense and the grain lines are much more distinct. Ironwood sapwood would be a good guess or maybe mullberry? I've turned some mulberry before that had that golden hue to it. Good looking pens none the less!!!

Keep turning em!

 

[Angelo49]

Hi, joeatact

Your photos are pretty good
How did you take them??
Thanks, Angelo