Identify this Bolivian Wood?

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Got this wood from a friend, in exchange for a pen. It's from Bolivia. Came in on a pallet of Bolivian hardwood flooring. But this is from the pallet itself, not the flooring wood. It was one of the pallet runners. He talked to a couple people and there are suggestions it might be Ipe or Jatoba. Does anyone have a good idea what it might be?

I'm doing some minor segmenting with Black Walnut. Haven't turned it yet, but it drills like butter.

I hope the photo attachments work...

 

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Anybody? Anybody at all...

 

[Olsarge]

with the worm holes and rot, I doubt if it is Ipe. could be one of the rosewoods from that area.JMHO.
Dennis

 

[1080Wayne]

It might help if you could give us a close up end grain shot , sanded to 400 grit , but I doubt any of us would claim to be experts on Bolivian woods . That is a very nice piece .

 

[dankc908]

I have some Ipe and it doesn't look anything like this wood.

 

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It might help if you could give us a close up end grain shot , sanded to 400 grit , but I doubt any of us would claim to be experts on Bolivian woods . That is a very nice piece .

Here are some end-grain shots, sanded to 320.

 

[usagizmo]

Hi Sorry I am late to the show, but that reminds me of Apitong which is used for the flooring in trailers.

Thanks,

John

 

[79spitfire]

Looks to me like Walnut. It really does not look like Apitong, or Asian Mahogany.

What it does look like is a plank of awesome!

 

[knowltoh]

Cumaru?

 

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Cumaru?

Cumaru? Wow, I never heard of it before. You must really know your wood. Based on pictures on the web, compairing color, coarseness of grain, grain pattern, color/pattern of the stripes...Cumaru looks it may be a winner. Thanks a lot!

79Spitfire: I have a ton of walnut in the shop and have made some pens with it, so I'm pretty sure it's not walnut. But you're right that it's a plank of awesome!

Here's a pic of the finished pen, with black walnut segment accents in the cap section. The pics don't do the grain justice, it's pretty deep. I was hoping for more contrast with the darker walnut accents, but the main wood darkened upon finishing, so not exactly what I envisioned. But I'm happy w/ how it turned out.

Comments on the design, fit/finish welcome.