Help identifying wood, please

[Buddy Stacy]

I bought a 5 lbs. grab bag of blanks from Woodcraft. This blank was among them. As a rough blank it was pretty non-descript; just a dull brown blank. But, once turned and finished this orange, grey, brown and yellow grain appeared. I have never seen anything like this before. The picture really doesn't do it justice. Does anyone know what this is?

 

[Herb G]

Just a SEWAG, but I'd say Osage Orange.

 

[Buddy Stacy]

Just a SEWAG, but I'd say Osage Orange.

I dunno. I've turned that quite a bit and this is not yellow enough and has actual orange grain. Also, Bois d'arc has pretty straight grain and this isn't.


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[terry q]

My vote is Osage Orange as well.

 

[Buddy Stacy]

I hope this doesn't come off as snarky. Definitely not meant that way but maybe this will help. I didn't think there was another blank, but there was.

Left is Osage Orange (Bois d'arc here in Oklahoma) and right is the wood I don't know. They are not even close.


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[JohnU]

The color and grain resemble some Black Locust I've turned, but if it came from a store grab bag, it could be just about anything.

 

[tomtedesco]

My vote would be tree wood.

 

[nativewooder]

My vote is for grab bag wood!:biggrin:

 

[nativewooder]

My vote is for grab bag wood!:biggrin:

 

[D.Oliver]

The color and grain resemble some Black Locust I've turned, but if it came from a store grab bag, it could be just about anything.

One way to check is that Black Locust will fluoresce under a black light.

 

[1080Wayne]

A well sanded end grain shot might help