Comments on: Ash Wood: Black, White, and Everything in Between

By: David walter Huber

David walter Huber — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 03:00:25 +0000

In reply to Fyl. Sen was a popular wood in the 70s for kitchens. It was sometimes mislabeled as ash but it is clearly different in color and grain.

By: Fyl

Fyl — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:39:51 +0000

No mention of Japanese “sen”.

Widely used in place of ash in music instruments…and, apparently, Asian furniture

By: synv

synv — Sat, 26 May 2018 02:17:40 +0000

I find wood prices as good as the use of smart furniture or veneer, and my country imports a lot from Russia and the United States.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Fri, 18 May 2018 13:11:38 +0000

American White Ash is my absolute favourite timber and floor that we produce…availability / stocks are dwindling though and many of our clients are unaware that this beautiful timber is very precious and not a finite resource….

By: J.A.Bill Antkiw

J.A.Bill Antkiw — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:49:20 +0000

I just dropped a half a hundred mature white ash trees in a frozen swamp over the past three months… and I’ve taken the third month off!…! [there ready for the portable sawmill]

By: David Aion

David Aion — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:47:00 +0000

In reply to WoodWorking Botanist. I am turning an 18 " diameter slice of what looks like ash but has no distinct odor. Is it possible that it is ash?

By: WoodWorking Botanist

WoodWorking Botanist — Sat, 10 May 2014 16:23:00 +0000

Catalpa also has a strong oil-like odor for a few years after cutting green. I’ve burned scraps of it in a wood stove and the smoke has the same odor. If you happen to get a piece with pith, it is much larger than the pith of ash.

Hackberry (at least Celtis occidentalis — I have no experience with C. laevigata, sugarberry, southern hackberry) also has a odor for 2-3 years after cutting green. It is unpleasant, but I do not know how to describe it.