Mnandi with cocobolo?

[Santana San]

Can anyone confirm for sure this is a cocobolo? It has no dob but i bought it anyways since i liked the redish color on the wood. The box says snakewood. I assume the wrong box was placed in it. Thanks BF community!

 

[Corytr]

Bloodwood perhaps?

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Once you get it, post pics that show the color better.

 

[Santana San]

Once you get it, post pics that show the color better.

An internet search didn't help as some bloodwoods looked like this. I'll post my pictures when it gets here.

 

[wiredbeans]

It is cocobolo, blood wood has finer grain, cocobolo has coarse grain that can never be polished to show no "crack" if that make sense, if you enlarge the picture you can see the grain crevices


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[Driften]

I agree it totally looks to be cocobolo. It is not snakewood.

 

[BonhamBlades]

its coco

 

[Santana San]

awsome thanks everyone!

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

So when are we going to get a better pic of the one in your avatar?

 

[Santana San]

So when are we going to get a better pic of the one in your avatar?

The ROF? I took a full pic but I couldnt even see what it was once it was uploaded.

 

[ice_man]

So when are we going to get a better pic of the one in your avatar?

I played with it last Saturday when we met up.. I didn't wanna give it back to him... Lol

 

[ice_man]

Here's a bloodwood.. I actually thought that the one posted today was also bloodwood...




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[Lone_Wolfe]

I played with it last Saturday when we met up.. I didn't wanna give it back to him... Lol

I wouldn't have either!

 

[Santana San]

Here's a bloodwood.. I actually thought that the one posted today was also bloodwood...




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Yours has the small cracks in the wood too. ? Im confused?

 

[Corytr]

I'm no expert, but I had a bloodwood Mnandi that looked just like the one in the OP. It was definitely dark enough to consider it more brown than red. I can't remember if it had the voids in the grain or not, but I guess that is a mute point after ice_man's photo. I'd love to see the clip side of this one.

It certainly doesn't look like snakewood to me.

 

[ice_man]

Yours has the small cracks in the wood too. ? Im confused?

I think I know the difference.. The Cocobolo has cracks / crevices + the black streaks.. The bloodwood only has the cracks / crevices...

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

I've lso seen a Snakewood that just had the streaks. I think when the OP turns it over we'll know more.

 

[Santana San]

I'm no expert, but I had a bloodwood Mnandi that looked just like the one in the OP. It was definitely dark enough to consider it more brown than red. I can't remember if it had the voids in the grain or not, but I guess that is a mute point after ice_man's photo. I'd love to see the clip side of this one.

It certainly doesn't look like snakewood to me.

here are more pics if it helps. http://imgur.com/a/vdavA

 

[Santana San]

I've lso seen a Snakewood that just had the streaks. I think when the OP turns it over we'll know more.

Great now its a possibility that it is snakewood. Thanks LW not sure if the box says snakewood because because the wrong box was provided or simply because its snakewood. lol.
Whatever it is I like the color on the mystery wood.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Nope, not Snakewood. I just saw the other pics you linked, either Cocobolo or Bloodwood.