Name this Wood

[John "Hutch" Skierka]

What is it? I'm guessing it's pine, but I can't really be sure. I cut a couple sections off of a pallet thinking it might be useful, but I'm not sure what to do with it quite yet.

 

[LARRYZ10]

I'm no expert on wood but I bought some very similar if not identical pieces from a wood dealer on Ebay about two years ago who said it was sugar maple. Get some other opinions from the guys on the forum though. Larry

 

[spketch]

Sort of looks like plane tree or sycamore. Not sure though.

 

[jdm61]

I think Larry is a good name.

 

[ridges]

I would guess that it's beech. I don't know much about wood though so it's probably a horrible guess.

 

[Nomo4me]

It's quarter sawn sycamore, but if we are naming it let me be first in with Johnny Boy

 

[John "Hutch" Skierka]

It seems fairly soft. When cutting the end-grain it seems fairly fiberous, almost "crumbly" maybe. Smells sort of like pine, but not exactly. The pallet had boxes of rubber hose on it and that stuff stinks enough that it might be throwing my nose off.

 

[John "Hutch" Skierka]

I think Larry is a good name.

It's quarter sawn sycamore, but if we are naming it let me be first in with Johnny Boy

Should've known that was coming- can't put anything past you guys.

 

[P. McKinley]

Beech or Sycamore if its N. American. Anigre' otherwise.

-Peter

 

[William Schrade]

If it was used in pallets it's most likely "Gazinta". Gazinta the dumpster.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Looks like sycamore to me, but it is hard to tell for sure from a photograph.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Morningwood?

 

[Hengelo_77]

it's not beech, beech has small redish flecks.

BTW I vote for "George"

 

[BonhamBlades]

Sycamore

 

[mete]

Sycamore ! As kids we called it 'itchy ball tree' in Brookyn.