Wood ID

[Ratty]

I got quite a few logs last week and have just finished cutting them to start the seasoning. All from the same site which has a large selection of specimen trees planted over the last couple of hundred years.
This particular one was a single misshaped twisted log that I though could be Hawthorne or similar. But it was Avery pleasant surprise when I did the first cut into it. Hopefully it stays looking this good when it drys out.
When you peel a strip of the bark off it is bright red underneath.
Any ideas what it is are would be helpful, not one I have seen before or at least not looking like this.

 

[Penpal]

A very pleasant surprise David it has a pine appearance,hope the colour deepens when it dries.

 

[flexi]

Piranha pine has red streaks running through it
They used to make staircases from it

 

[Neil]

Me thinks you have found some Cercis Silaquestrum, aka the Love Tree or Judas Tree. Turns beautifully but splits like a goodun during the drying process. Cut it into pen blanks immediately!

 

[Neil]

Here’s a bit of Judas tree from my stock.

 

[Ratty]

Thanks Neil, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I knew someone would have seen it before.

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Here’s a bit of Judas tree from my stock.