Wood Identification

[silver]

Guys and girls..

I was t a local Auction last week and won a couple of lots of wood.

Among some of the lot there was some 90x90 new newel posts ends that look like they have been cut offs of several installation jobs, they were identified as Sapele.

Well, amongst them there was one newel post that is a quite a different colour to the rest and I believe it to be Teak.

Pics below so see what you guys think on here..

Side on


End grain (Wetted)


Eng grain (Dry)


Any thoughts gratefully received..

 

[Penpal]

Eamonn this is Teak as I know it I had 1/2 a ton of it one time. I do,nt think your piece is typical teak but there is a great variety in the species. Teak by the way is one of those timbers that is heavy enough to sink ,it weighs in heavy.

Peter.

 

[Neil Lawton]

Sun is hitting the screen at the moment but it looks like Idigbo from here.

 

[Penpal]

Long time since the sun was strong enough Neil,happy days.

Peter.

 

[yorkshireman]

Sun is hitting the screen at the moment but it looks like Idigbo from here.

I’ve just checked a piece of Idigbo I’ve got in the shed and it looks very similar to that piece

 

[Phil Dart]

Idigbo from where I'm sitting. Mainstay of many a house front door throughout the UK

 

[wm460]

Kinda looks like wood you in furniture from china.

 

[silver]

Sun is hitting the screen at the moment but it looks like Idigbo from here.

I’ve just checked a piece of Idigbo I’ve got in the shed and it looks very similar to that piece

Idigbo from where I'm sitting. Mainstay of many a house front door throughout the UK

Sounds a convincing answer to me, I will go ahead with some more Idigbo boxes then.

Tried a piece for engraving and seemed quite good.

Kinda looks like wood you in furniture from china.

nothing had any Chinese furniture Mark so you are one ahead of me there mate..

 

[lignaterrae]

Sorry to poop the show but the excellent endgrain photos show it to be without any doubt Iroko. The endgrain structure of Idigbo is quite different.
When freshly cut Iroko can be a surprisingly light yellow colour but begins to darken over the weeks.

 

[silver]

Sorry to poop the show but the excellent endgrain photos show it to be without any doubt Iroko. The endgrain structure of Idigbo is quite different.
When freshly cut Iroko can be a surprisingly light yellow colour but begins to darken over the weeks.

Thankyou,

I must say the surface was quite dark before I cut it and sanded it so that may well be Iroko.

I will see how it darkens over the next week or so to see how it changes.

Thanks again and appreciate your expertise and knowledge.