Question for all the Wood Guru's out there.

[Thegrindwoodshop]

I recently picked up a grab bag of assorted blanks, but the seller didn't know what type of wood they were since he purchased them from an estate sale. Any help identifying them

would be much appreciated.

 

[jttheclockman]

a=red cedar
m= purpleheart
s=yellowheart
t=doug fir
r=walnut
k=white oak
w=ebony but could be Gabon or many others
o=could be canarywood
I am done.

 

[mark james]

Along with JT's above:

A = Cedar
B = Buckeye
W = Bog Oak
H = Boxelder (maybe?)
I = Rosewood (country? any guess)

 

[Thegrindwoodshop]

Thanks guys, that's a start.

 

[Edgar]

My thoughts

A - Eastern Red Cedar (ERC)
B - Buckeye
E - Yellowheart (possibly)
H - Maple or Box Elder
I - some kind of Rosewood
J - Hackberry (possibly)
K - White Oak
M - Purpleheart
O - Flame Box Elder
R - Walnut
S - Osage Orange

Of course I might be totally wrong. However, I am quite certain that there is no pecan in there.

 

[1080Wayne]

Your photos are nice and clear , but you will get much better guesses if you could provide equally clear ones of well sanded face and endgrain of each piece . That said
A - E redcedar we three agree . Has a very characteristic smell
B - Probably CA buckeye Mark and I
C - ?
D - ?
E - ?
F - Possibly a maple
G - Possibly a buckeye or horse chestnut
H - Possibly black ash burl , but could be sugar maple
I - Possibly a rosewood as Mark suggests
J - ?
K - Possibly an oak , an ash , or an elm
L - ?
M - Purpleheart John and I
N - ?
O - I would say box elder , John thinks canarywood
P - ?
Q - ?
R - A bog oak , Mark and I , John walnut
S - Osage orange , John yellowheart
T - Possibly a S yellow pine or Douglas fir or larch . John Douglas fir
U - ?
V - ?
W - Gabon ebony , John and I , Mark bog oak

Didn`t see Edgar`s post before posting mine . Glad he agrees with me on a few things .

 

[eharri446]

F is a spalted tamarind blank

 

[jttheclockman]

F is a spalted tamarind blank

I agree with this one now that I look at it.

 

[Edgar]

Your photos are nice and clear , but you will get much better guesses if you could provide equally clear ones of well sanded face and endgrain of each piece . That said
A - E redcedar we three agree . Has a very characteristic smell
B - Probably CA buckeye Mark and I
C - ?
D - ?
E - ?
F - Possibly a maple
G - Possibly a buckeye or horse chestnut
H - Possibly black ash burl , but could be sugar maple
I - Possibly a rosewood as Mark suggests
J - ?
K - Possibly an oak , an ash , or an elm
L - ?
M - Purpleheart John and I
N - ?
O - I would say box elder , John thinks canarywood
P - ?
Q - ?
R - A bog oak , Mark and I , John walnut
S - Osage orange , John yellowheart
T - Possibly a S yellow pine or Douglas fir or larch . John Douglas fir
U - ?
V - ?
W - Gabon ebony , John and I , Mark bog oak

Didn`t see Edgar`s post before posting mine . Glad he agrees with me on a few things .

I was thinking the same thing when I read your post, Wayne.

 

[magpens]

X - Dunno
Y - Dunno
Z - Dunno

 

[Thegrindwoodshop]

X - Dunno
Y - Dunno
Z - Dunno

Didn't know i had an x,y,z on there. Hmmm

 

[Dehn0045]

My guesses

A - Cedar
B - Buckeye
C - cocobolo (just a guess, looks to be waxed, will probably be able to tell better after turning)
D - ?
E - Yellowheart (just a guess, looks to be waxed, will probably be able to tell better after turning)
F - Spalted hickory (heavily spalted woods can be difficult, so this is just a guess)
G - Buckeye
H - box elder burl
I - bloodwood (possibly padauk if it is more of a burnt orange color when you turn. bloodwood will maintain a red color)
J - ?
K - oak of some type, white?
L - ?
M - purpleheart
N - looks similar to bottlebrush that I got from @robutacion
O - Flame Box Elder (the "flame" notation just means that it has red streaks)
P - ?
Q - ?
R - ?
S - Osage Orange (see puzzle #1 from the 2020 BASH)
T - ?
U - ?
V - ?
W - Ebony (gabon, etc. there are several species, all are pretty black. Possibly african blackwood.)

 

[leehljp]

S = Mulberry. Mulberry looks a lot like Osage Orange, but is a tad duller in tone than OO. Yellowheart is usually a tad bit brighter.
Mulberry will turn almost walnut brown if left out in the sun for a few months.

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O = Flame Box Elder

 

[wolf creek knives]

I'm thinking N looks like Mango and the rest are pretty much all ready answered. Good luck and nice assortment.

 

[GaryMGg]

Many good answers; filling some gaps:
L appears to be crosscut aromatic red cedar
Q could be Texas huisache