Comments on: The Truth Behind Wood Identification

By: Dakota

Dakota — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:05:06 +0000

Can you help me identify this would please I’m new to woodworking and I have no idea species of wood I can only tell softwood from hardwood

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:24:35 +0000

In reply to Brett. Looks a bit like Iroko to me, but can't be certain

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 22 May 2024 18:40:58 +0000

In reply to Matthew. Ivory possibly

By: Brac Swackhammer

Brac Swackhammer — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:06:48 +0000

I’m looking to ID the wood of 2 objects, dose anyone do age testing? Both pieces are pretty old, one is a totem pole , the other has been in the ocean for a good long time, I believe was part of an old ship.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:53:05 +0000

In reply to Eric. Thank you. I believe you're correct. After checking the Wood Database everything listed matches. I have never heard of it, but again, I am new to exotic woods. Now I have to find a project for it.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:43:55 +0000

In reply to Mike. I'll guess it's black limba.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:42:30 +0000

I hope this wood is easy to identify. It has the three letters of BLM on it, but I can’t ascertain what BLM stands for. I’m very new to using exotic woods. Purchased this as a lot of many different species a while back and the seller didn’t know. I asked my lumber supplier, and he offered the very obvious answer to BLM, but it does not ID the wood he didn’t know. I appreciate your time.

By: Brian Green

Brian Green — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 01:38:09 +0000

I have lived in Hawaii for 50 years, doing woodworking for maybe last 15 or so. I was visiting my daughter on the east coast, Connecticut area. Flew out of the airport in Massachusetts. On my way to the gate I stopped at a little sales kiosk which had some wooden pens. I saw one with a beautiful red/brown/gold luster to it and wracked my brain trying to figure which east coast wood this could be made from, to no avail. I finally asked the salesperson and she said it was Koa from Hawaii. I have dozens of pieces of Koa in my workshop which I can identify on site. My location completely kept Koa off my mental list of possible woods.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 22:16:02 +0000

I was chopping up some scrap wood with my father and there were logs of this mystery wood, this is a cross section of one of the medium sized logs. Most of the logs aren’t that big. When scratching it with my finger nail, it left a mark, but that may be because it still has some moisture. This is from the US, more specifically, New York. Could you Identify it? Thanks.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 May 2022 02:19:10 +0000

In reply to Danny. Looks like a softwood of some sort, possibly pine.