mystery blanks.

kenballacoan · Jul 26, 2017

I purchased a bag of pen kits and bits from someone clearing his fathers workshop. In it were several wood pen blanks, most I can identify but two have me at a loss.
Pictures attached. When turned it has a smell which is very like chocolate. Very heavy about twice the weight of a larger yew blank in the same pack.
Any ideas of what it is I would appreciate

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Pierre--- · Jul 26, 2017

The color, smell and heaviness reminds me of snakewood : yew is 650 kg/m3, snakewood around 1200. Sometimes, some pieces do not show the typical black motive; it could also be some wood related to snakewood (Brosimum sp.) like letterwood, bofo paya...

kenballacoan · Jul 27, 2017

Thanks Pierre.
Checked those on timber data base does look very similar, turned and polished with friction polish and got a very good deep looking shine on it.
Ken.

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