My dear wife bought this for me - what is it?

[MPVic]

My dear wife, bought this for me thinking it has some beautiful grain for making pens. Thanks, sweetie. But I don't know what it is.
Thanks in advance,
Mark

 

[Jarod888]

Looks like olive wood to me.

 

[GaryMGg]

It's most likely an Olive wood charcuterie.

 

[Monty]

It's an olive wood, cutting board similar to the ones I've picked up at HomeGoods.

 

[hewunch]

Sand some of the finish and sniff. If it smells like olive, it is olive. Visually, it sure looks like olive.

 

[leehljp]

Beautiful wood!

I used to go here there and yonder when LOML went into some home stores. I could plan on her being in one of those stores for 2 hours, at least! Then I discovered the hoard of beautiful "olive" boards in many of those stores from the Memphis area to Dallas area to Springfield MO area too (visiting family). I have more boards than I will make into pen over the next 20 years! Sometimes it pays to follow the wife around if you know what's in those stores!

 

[sorcerertd]

Your wife has a good eye for beautiful olive wood. I just picked one of those up a couple days ago. You can't beat the price in a discount type of home store, especially for the grain that you often find. She's a keeper. (The wife or the wood you ask? Both, of course!)

 

[MPVic]

Thanks everyone for helping to identify the wood.

 

[egnald]

Yup, the only thing missing is a pimento in the hole! Dave

 

[EricRN]

I am always amazed at how cheap nicely figured wood is at home goods. No idea where they get that stuff that th eye can sell it as a giant salad bowl for half what it would cost me to buy the rough, unturned blank. And then I wonder why I can't competitively price my stuff on Etsy!!!

 

[The Sapper]

I agree with Monty, It's an olive wood, cutting board.