As I was pulling a car out of the snow...

[jimm1]

I saw this log as I was helping out another motorist, saw the spalting and threw in the back of the Jeep. After it (and me) thawed out, I cut a piece off and made these blanks. Anyone know what it is?

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Sure looks like Spalted Hackberry.

Les

 

[tim self]

Agreed. I think it's hackberry.

 

[ctubbs]

That looks a lot like what I have laying in the floor and I know it is hackberry.
Charles

 

[gketell]

FORD wood.

Found
On
Road
Dead

Sorry, I couldn't resist. That does look exactly like the hackberry I just purchased.

 

[GoodTurns]

good Karma!

 

[jimm1]

Thanks all. I have a lot of this, but still in log form. Too cold right now to do anything with it.

 

[THarvey]

Another vote for hackberry.

 

[nava1uni]

You could send us some and then we could correctly identify it for you. LOL
I also think that it looks like some Hackberry that I am making into a whisk.

 

[workinforwood]

Great looking blanks Jim. That is good Karma. I carry a chain in my pickup all the time too...pull out at least 2-3 people a year during the winter on the way home from work. I like to help people out in those situations..it feels good.

 

[jskeen]

I've seen sweetgum and sycamore spault in that same pattern, and very close in color too. Many light colored deciduous woods are susceptible to bacterial invasion that produces that type of pattern. A look at the bark and or a half log split down the middle might make the identification more sure.

 

[Super Dave]

Great find, looks like some beautiful pens just waiting to be turned.

Dave

 

[TellicoTurning]

I'm not sure that is white enough to be hackberry... the HB I have is lots whiter in color and the black spalting veins are much darker... It really looks more like some of the spalted maple I have cut up...

Here are a couple of pieces I turned from HB and some spalted maple blanks that I have on hand.

 

[hunter-27]

picture of the log/bark would help

 

[drGeek]

Nice reward for a good deed!!!!