toddlajoie
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How would you do it? I just rough turned a blank that was sold to me as Ebony, and I could not tell the difference (look, feel, smell, etc) from the many pieces of African Blackwood that I have turned.
For full disclosure, the smell is along the same lines, but not a strong. I believe this is due to the fact that on the advice of someone, after drilling the blanks sat for 2 days soaking in acetone, which turned quite black and MAY be the main reason that (if this is really A. Blackwood) the smell is reduced a bit...
So anyone out there with experience with Ebony, is there some definitive way to tell it apart from A. Blackwood? or is it really that close? Or did the Acetone take the E. out of the Ebony?
For full disclosure, the smell is along the same lines, but not a strong. I believe this is due to the fact that on the advice of someone, after drilling the blanks sat for 2 days soaking in acetone, which turned quite black and MAY be the main reason that (if this is really A. Blackwood) the smell is reduced a bit...
So anyone out there with experience with Ebony, is there some definitive way to tell it apart from A. Blackwood? or is it really that close? Or did the Acetone take the E. out of the Ebony?