guts
Member
This wood was salvaged from an old building in my home town in S.W Pa. by my Sister,question is what kind of wood is it,any ideas?
wood I.D.
- Thread starter guts
- Start date
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
- Status
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
OKLAHOMAN
Member
Can't help you but it sure is prudy!
jthompson1995
Member
The grain looks like cherry, but the color is off. It looks like it is stained from water or something and that could be the cause of the off color. That's my best guess.
alamocdc
Member
My first thought was the same as Jason's... water stained (or bleached) Cherry.
beamer
Member
Between the color and the grain - it's kinda cherry lookin, but walnut colored ... I could be convinced it was walnut, near the edge of the sapwood/heartwood border if it weren't for the uniform, dense grain - walnut usually has some deeper pitted cells.
If you twist my arm, i'm with the rest and say it's some oddly colored cherry.
If you twist my arm, i'm with the rest and say it's some oddly colored cherry.
Tanner
Member
No idea, but you sure have it looking nice.
csb333
Member
I think cherry...What an outstanding finish!!
Rudy Vey
Member
Cherry, but as someone said before with some staining...
NavyDiver
Member
Whatever wood it is, the pen turned out very nice!
Skye
Member
Dunno, but the finish is spot on!
TellicoTurning
Member
I'll be absolutely no help, but my wife is forever picking up a piece of wood when we walk in the woods... since I can never identify it, I usually just call it FOG - Found on Ground... this may be FIOB... Found in old Building?[}
]
That is a beaut of a pen though... !!
]That is a beaut of a pen though... !!
stevers
Member
Don't know the wood, but I love the finish.
emtmike
Member
Maybe.......Butternut Swirl aka White Walnut I suck at this guess the wood game.
I don't care what wood it is, with that finish you have turned it into gold!!!!!
]
One day... just maybe mine will be half that good[
]
]One day... just maybe mine will be half that good[
]
guts
Member
thanks everyone,i think i like chucks idea(FIOB)gonna try and find out when the building was built,just a guess would be in the early 1900's.
cueman
Member
Looks like cherry to me. Nice job on the pen! I bet you could comb your hair in that finish. [
] Very nice!
] Very nice!
guts
Member
Doug,don't need a comb[]but it's my choice,not a naturally bald person,easier to take care of this way.
]but it's my choice,not a naturally bald person,easier to take care of this way.low_48
Member
I think the wood is poplar. Very nice finish, very nice craftsmanship.
leehljp
Member Liaison
It does remind me of Poplar also. The spalted part doesn't look like real spalting as much as the colors common in poplar.
Ozzy
Member
I'm not sure about the wood but I am positive that that is a very nice pen.
Woodnknots
Member
In my mind, two real possibilities. Poplar first. Second is a water stained maple. If the building was put up that long ago, it would have been done with rough cut lumber that was readily available. Maple or poplar fit that bill. Cherry probably would have been problematic for that usage, and not as plentiful.
I speak from a little experience with recovering wood from old buildings that were put up with rough cut local timbers.
I speak from a little experience with recovering wood from old buildings that were put up with rough cut local timbers.
GaryMGg
Member
Cut old poplar -- it smells nasty.
Cut old cherry -- it stills smells good like cherry.
So, any aroma when you cut it?
Cut old cherry -- it stills smells good like cherry.
So, any aroma when you cut it?
guts
Member
Gary,no nasty smell to it and don't smell anything like the cherry i'm working with now,so i'm thinking more like walnut,but i can also see why someone would think poplar because of the green hue to it,what ever it is i like it and it turns like butter.
splinter99
Member
Beautiful pen..where at in sw pa?.Im south of Pittsburgh
guts
Member
Harold,Fairchance Pa. six miles south of Uniontown.
Radman
Member
Poplar!
- Status