Can anyone ID this wood?

[tonydahose]

i won a bunch in an autcion and i have no idea what this is...it looks stabilized but that's all i got on it. i am going to be putting it in a spyderco kopa. thanks!


mods if this is the wrong place please move it but i thought i might get an answer here.

 

[Boozoo Chavis]

i won a bunch in an autcion and i have no idea what this is...it looks stabilized but that's all i got on it. i am going to be putting it in a spyderco kopa. thanks!


mods if this is the wrong place please move it but i thought i might get an answer here.

Looks like like stabilized Redwood Burl to me. (pic below) At any rate, that should make some great looking inlays for a Kopa. Please post some pics when you're done if possible.

 

[cotdt]

Redwood Burl, though I couldn't tell if it's been stabilized or not, as that is how it looks like. I've used it once:

The pre-stabilized color is orange.

 

[tonydahose]

thank you for the answer.that is a beautiful knife you made, is that a patina on the blade? ...as for pics, here are the kopas i have modded so far

Purpleheart Kopa

Yellow Kauri pictures don't do this justice, it has a depth to it but i just can't photograph.

i did these two last nite, one is sold and one is for me

Black Cherry Kopa

 

[tonydahose]

how about one more round of guess what wood this is? i won this box of wood on ebay for $16 delivered, lately his auctions have gone higher. anyway he wouldnt answer my emails asking in helping identifying them.

 

[FlaMtnBkr]

I will also say it looks like redwood burl. I have some that is not stabilized and it is a light weight wood. I don't have a lot of experience with different woods so I can't compare it to something but when you pick it up it is noticeably light. If yours doesn't feel like this then it is probably a pretty good way to determine if it is stabilized since that should make it quite a bit heavier.

Just thought I would throw that out there.

Edit: You might want to post that large lot in the makers forum. There are makers with much better knowledge of wood there. There is also a person who stabilizes and sells wood that frequents the forum. I'm sure you could get some quick answers. Oh and nice grab! I would love to get some wood like that for that cheap. Was any stabilized?

 

[Phillip Dobson]

I'm sure your camphor guess is correct. Other than that, it's hard to tell in photos. The little guy in the bottom left might be bubinga, the plain brown material might be khaya, the one below the big board looks like a piece of afzelia I have, and the burl looks like amboyna (that should be really easy to confirm by smell).

 

[Warriorofsteel]

how about one more round of guess what wood this is? i won this box of wood on ebay for $16 delivered, lately his auctions have gone higher. anyway he wouldnt answer my emails asking in helping identifying them.

number dv 4 looks like purple heart cedar the questionmark wood on the right left corner looks like blackwalnut

 

[tonydahose]

well i finally got around to using the wood, i am thinking it isnt stabilized just from the feel and look. i still have to buff the knife out.

the streak is just from me wetting the wood down before the pics.