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I have just received these pieces from eBay. Can anybody help ID the 4 pieces on the right hand side?

Assuming that the listing is correct, the choices are YEW, SPALTED BEECH, RIPPLED SYCAMORE, CHERRY, ACACIA & ELM

i don't know whether it is elm or acacia.
 

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Someone will come along and identify all of them.
I don't good enuff to give an opinion but pretty sure I can pick out Yew, Walnut, Holly and Cherry in there.
Be interesting to see if my guess is right.
 
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i don't think that there is holly. there is certainly rippled sycamore 4th from the left and 5th from the right and something with light spalting- presumably the beech. it is very light in colour though- not the black lines that I have seen before.
 
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4th from right looks like tulip wood I have and one of first 3 looks like a bit of walnut [emoji39] [emoji12] [emoji6]
Not sure which one tho..
 
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I'm struggling to see anything like Elm in the picture.
It may be the stuff on the right but the picture is not clear enough.
Acacia can vary from the yellowish green fourth from the right, up to the darker three on the right.
Spalting can be interpreted in many ways, but I personally would not be happy to advertise the Beech as spalted!
Can you show a close up of the ones you are not sure of?
 
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8th from the left looks like elm on the end grain but i thought the 3 on the right were waalllnut :whistling:
 
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i will get some better pictures. the 3 on the right are actually the same, one is turned in comparison to the others and I would guess at elm from the list. i paid a tenner for the lot, posted to my door. I actually bought it for the yew and rippled sycamore, thinking that the remainder will do as a bit of practice, if nothing else. As for the spalted, it probably technically is but I personally don't like spalted wood, so I am not going to complain. The picture is from the listing, so I could see what I was buying.

there are a couple of dozen blanks in the lot, probably more. it will get used for something!
 
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GeordieB said:
8th from the left looks like elm on the end grain but i thought the 3 on the right were waalllnut :whistling:
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Assuming your list is correct, 7 and 8 are both cherry, not elm, The acacia is 5 & 12 (which is a lie because if it does have anything to do with the word acacia, it's certainly not true acacia, it's pseudo acacia,) and 13, 14 & 15 are the elm. (if it is elm and not walnut, that is)
 
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