Wood id

[turnaround360]

Is this Iroko or am I wrong
Came from a stair case I
Demolished dating back
To 1926 when it was built
at tower hill london.

 

[Neil Lawton]

Looks like it!
Can I have your De-Walt Battery?

 

[Penpal]

Wow of a sweet turned dish mate.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

That is a beauty Frankie, well done.

 

[fortress]

That's a nice turned piece Frank, Iroko? I don't know, All the Iroko I've got has a straight grain. But having said that, it looks the right colour.

 

[lignaterrae]

A closer picture would be good but it sure looks like genuine Teak, a timber that was hugely popular (and available!) in the 20s.

 

[bassethound]

Whatever it is you have made it into a Beauty Frankie..

 

[yorkshireman]

Whatever it is it looks good Frank. What's the finish mate?

 

[Doug]

Iroko smells awful Frank very definitive stink, did this have an unpleasant aroma when you turned it? I also find it's the one timber that affects my sinuses.

Very nice bowl

 

[Winemaker]

Fantastic well I have had a good look at it its defiantly WOOD :wink:

 

[Dalboy]

A great looking bowl. Not being any good at wood ID can't really say what it is but I have turned Iroko and it certainly did not look anything like this, and as Doug said Iroko has a smell that once turned never forgotten

 

[lignaterrae]

Smell can be a great identification tool. As has been mentioned, Iroko has an unpleasant, irritating dusty smell but teak by contrast is not dusty and has a very pleasant smell, rather like old leather.

 

[clement]

Nicely turned, great finish In my opinion looks more to be teack, colour and grain

 

[turnaround360]

hi sorry for the late response i have lots of iroko blanks
but not bowl sized it has a smell to it so i think it could be I thought it was
but i thought id sak will take some pics soon.

 

[turnaround360]

just bees wax .