Can you identify this wood?

bsshog40

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• Sunday at 9:48 PM

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The wife is works at a warehouse and a few people know I make pens. She doesn't know who did it but she found these 2 pieces of wood in her backpack. They are about 10" long. They don't really feel like a hardwood and I don't think it's pine but I could be wrong. Anyone have a guess?
Thanks, Bobby

 

BHuij

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• Sunday at 10:04 PM

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Not definitive in any way, but they kinda look like cherry to me.

 

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• Yesterday at 1:01 AM

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Based on the side view, Poplar came to mind but it's really hard to tell in a warehouse where crates and pallets can differ based on where they are from.

 

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• Yesterday at 9:14 AM

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Maybe Callery/Bradford Pear. Looks like some of the blanks I harvested/dried from a tree we removed in my yard.

 

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• Yesterday at 10:22 AM

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Thanks for the responses y'all. I may have to dig into my totes to see if I have any blanks that resemble them. Lol I'm also gonna have the wife ask some of her associates. Maybe one will come forward. Lol

 

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• Yesterday at 10:37 AM

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Hmm. Not sure as I'm far from a wood expert but I go with Bradford pear. Crates and skids can be made of anything, depending on local sources. Knew of one fellow who had a pallet from Asia with mahogany runners. All I can say it, it's an accumulation of cellulose fibers.

 

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bsshog40

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• Yesterday at 11:23 AM

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We have a lot of bradford pear trees in this area. I actually have one in my yard.

 

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• Yesterday at 6:52 PM

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bsshog40 said:

We have a lot of bradford pear trees in this area. I actually have one in my yard.

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North Carolina has a bounty program for cutting them down. They'll give you a new native tree to replace them.
I have a few bowls made from Bradford Pear. It's not bad looking wood and doesn't stink to work with like it does when it flowers.
I can't ID it as BP, but I feel like BP is a little darker. Then again, IDK how your lighting was when you took the pictures.

 

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• Yesterday at 7:54 PM

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sorcerertd said:

North Carolina has a bounty program for cutting them down. They'll give you a new native tree to replace them.
I have a few bowls made from Bradford Pear. It's not bad looking wood and doesn't stink to work with like it does when it flowers.
I can't ID it as BP, but I feel like BP is a little darker. Then again, IDK how your lighting was when you took the pictures.

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The lighting is decent and does pretty much show the true color of the wood. I know it's not as light (weight wise) as pine as it feels like it has a little hardwood to it.