Identify wood?

[Woodchipper]

I didn't make this but the wife was showing me the scoop...reverse side. My BIL and SIL made a bunch of cruises in the Caribbean over the years. We guess it was from one of the on-shore trips. Interesting grain and two colors. Scoop side is without the light color.

 

[egnald]

I've seen a few species that have the dark, rosewood looking color along with a light tan sapwood like that. My first guess would be Cocobolo, followed by Sissoo (or Sheesham), both of which are Dalbergia rosewood species. Although Cocobolo is not native to the Caribbean, it is often associated with the region because it is frequently imported to the Caribbean from Central America for use in knife handles, gunstocks, and other high-end specialty items.

Cocobolo is a dense wood and usually has a specific gravity of 0.9 to 1.1 which is higher than water (1.0) so it will usually sink where Sissoo usually floats having a specific gravity is in the 0.6 to 0.8 range.

Dave

 

[Fred Bruche]

Based on wood appearance and geographic origin, it could be chechen.

 

[JohnU]

By appearance I would say a species of Rosewood also. The problem is there are 200-300 species in the rosewood family or referred to as rosewood. Either way, it's beautiful wood!

 

[Woodchipper]

Thanks to all. Nice scoop but would make an outstanding pen blank.
Dave, have a good supply of cocobolo.

 

[Flintski22]

I'd bet its pau ferro! I have a big piece of pau ferro wood and that grain and color looks almost identical. My piece also has a tiny bit of that exact same lighter wood along the edge.

Here's a picture of my pau ferro piece, hope this helps. (The picture makes the wood look kind of orange but it's actually a dark brown just like the one in the picture).d

Also, it does make some really nice pens! Kinda depends what grain you happen to get on the particular blank, but I've had good experiences with it so far. Also smells really nice while turning.