Elm? Done!

[peppen108]

Bought this as elm. Any body having any doubts?

 

[Bill Hoffman]

Perhaps Ash. The grain doesn't look interlaced enough for elm.

 

[theevilmike]

Looks like oak

 

[DCL Knives]

Looks like oak

Yea I have some oak that looks very similar, don't have any elm though so I'm not sure

 

[S.Grosvenor]

sure looks like oak, doesnt look like the elm i have

 

[parbajtor]

Bit too reddish for Elm (might be the camera)and very straight grained (which isn't usual for Elm).
Burrs and knots tend to be very dark brown (although that piece doesn't have any).
Density variations on the cross cut suggest Oak.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I think it is some kind of wood.
To test that theory, place some in the forge and see if it burns. If it does, it is almost certain that it is wood.

 

[Bob Katilus]

I think it is some kind of wood.
To test that theory, place some in the forge and see if it burns. If it does, it is almost certain that it is wood.

Agreed. And then when it is fully burned, you can rest knowing that it was either elm, oak, or ash and not really fantastic for handles

 

[P. McKinley]

Ya gotta love how the this crowd carefully whittles away the deadwood to reveal the solid heartwood at the center of the matter.

Well done folks...well done!

 

[parbajtor]

Agreed. And then when it is fully burned, you can rest knowing that it was either elm, oak, or ash and not really fantastic for handles

Definitely ash, no matter how it started out

 

[P. McKinley]

This is elm:

 

[peppen108]

Elm is quite a shapeshifter.

These are also pieces of elm.

I got a wood diagnostics book today and it is elm, or what you guys cal Scottish elm.

The tell signs.

The barcode.

The lines.

 

[jtdesigns]

Would have guessed quarter sawn white oak

 

[Matt Markell]

That really looks like quartersawn red elm to me, we have a bunch of the stuff on our place. It's a PAIN to split into firewood. Here's some pics I found of red elm:

Of course it can also look like this:

Cheers

 

[gokhand]

Bought this as elm. Any body having any doubts?

this is "ulmus glabra"

this block from 240 years old tree
from my garden. In Turkey

 

[Willie71]

Oak, ash, and elm all look quite similar at a distance. Oak is easily distinguished by its smell. The other two require more careful examination, and there are quite a few pictures above showing the variation in elm. It is nearly impossible to say what a wood is for sure from a picture.

 

[Shaughnessy]

My Elm looks like this, but it's Chinese... rolleyes:.... imports !) Probably going onto some Santukos....

 

[Hengelo_77]

The oak I know has rays (tiger stripe)
I don't see any of that here