What Kind of Wood

[Band Saw Box]

I found this blank in my stock pile and turned it down. I'm not sure just what kind of wood it is but I'm thinking Cocobolo. It has a lot of purple in it as I have see in some Cocobolo. It has a kind of burnt wood smell when I drilled and trimmed the blank. Any ideas???

 

[Allen_B]

Looks kind of like some figured Walnut. I have some very similar and Im not 100% sure what it is either.

 

[bruce119]

It has the look and color of Monkey Pod....Was it light and kind of soft...
Monkey Pod smells a little toxic to me...
Cocobolo a harder woos smells a little sweet to me????
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[Cmiles1985]

My guess would be Wenge

 

[Band Saw Box]

Here is the other half of the blank, now that I think about it it is softer the cocobolo. it did seam to load up the sandpaper a good amount.

 

[bruce119]

I sold a bunch of Monkey Pod a wile back HERE It looks a lot like it. Monkey pod is quite light and soft and has a very deep chartreuse and open grain. For me when sanding it gives off a very fine dust that burns my eyes one of the very few woods that effect me... Some images below...




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[Band Saw Box]

The third board from the left on the front row looks like the blank did looking at the end grain. File:Albizia saman.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I looks like the heartwood of monkey pod is very dark while the sapwood is much lighter.

 

[keithbyrd]

walnut or wenge, probably walnut

 

[Band Saw Box]

I'll bring the finished pen to the MAPG to see that folks there think it might be. It is really nice looking.

 

[mick]

I'd almost be willing to bet it's Kingwood as it has that purplish cast in the sunlight.
Also the grain looks a lot like Kingwood.

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[endacoz]

Looks similar to a Wenge I turned and sold a few weeks ago.