Help identifying wood.

[mattyg]

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/2068227230bbcef97119f9bdaa05291e0ebf640be5ca0e2c41 8ae43dabf084e2699e06cb.jpgCan anyone help identifying the species of wood. I am not being lazy but having looked at several identification sites I just cant decide. Unvarnished it is quite a pinky brown. Any help appreciated.http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/874113669f7d2c97114a53ce0347867cd3352d619bcca704b9 2d76ff1f0472505b841259.jpg

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/781957386647092116f063b93f82954e415f615e1fdaa70646 3771069cb4e97caeb70987.jpg

[rnb1016]

your pictures didn't post.

[mattyg]

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/32436083b6c95ea8f0961c54d64af15aee86b4200cacbeb22e e5a48bf395224e217f5a71.jpg

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/956645327471ea0c1ca6b8896160b2251fcbf9df4b38988b07 cd1fe9b24fff7fbd486cda.jpg

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/841435954f2d972d131be74dd73f1720b2210e0f83823f0797 3adeac40cbaf4a1dc94494.jpg

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/07840143bff94de4c1bfdc0dec28e059e08dc83ac312201ec2 31c80b639be3ad3b91fbec.jpg

http://img3014.photobox.co.uk/753084531a81b1a4ccd4e80ab93cec34a604612abb013f62de 3403563c635d3aa4355801.jpg

Thanks

[mattyg]

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LLast try!
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[Thad]

Fortunately it worked. Hopefully someone will recognize it. Where did you get it?

[Mrleft8]

Heavy? Hard? An end grain shot might be useful. It almost looks like Canyon Live Oak...

[TerryLL]

More info please.
Where in the world are you?
Where did the wood come from?
What is the density? Just weigh a piece and post the dimensions.
Images of end grain, edge grain, and flat grain would help.
Some sense of hardness?
Smell?
Stiffness?

[mattyg]

Thanks for the responses. I will try and post some end grain tomorrow. I am in the UK and I have bought enough of this to replank my restoration project. It was very cheap and whilst described as Mahogany the chap selling it didnt actually know what it was. I was reassured that others had bought it from him for planking purposes. It seems quite dense and is quite hard to scratch the surface but in plank form seems to have quite a high level of flexibility. It does not have a particularly noticeable smell.

[Falcon500]

when i was at the boat school one of the local students brought in a sample of "iron wood" and the instructor said that it was a generic tropical wood, most likely used for trailer decking on big rigs or decking on wharfs, i remember the wood being almost plastic like in hardness and feel.

dunno what species it was though:rolleyes:

[tapsnap]

Looks like African mahogany to me "Utile"

[ccx2]

Dont know, its pretty though. Im surprised nobody has id it as pussywillow or a board of the chithouse wall being it was asked how it smelled:D

[mattyg]

Thank you for your responses. Any one second Utile? I have bought myself R. Bruce Hoadley's 'Identifying Wood' but I don't seem to have found anything comparable. Here is a picture of some end grain, perhaps it will help. I have enough of this wood to replace all my rotten planks but I am reluctant to use it until I know what it is. Thanks again!http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt37/mattysg/005.jpg?t=1237653583

[kc8pql]

Looks like an African mahogany to me, from here anyway.

[jp4sail]

Hi

It resembles me a Brazilian hardwood known as "Angelim Pedra" or "Brazilian Apitong". If it isn't, it's very similar. More info at http://trailerdecking.com/ProductID2165
JPaes

http://trailerdecking.com/images/products/angelim-pedra/AngelimDi3.jpg

http://trailerdecking.com/images/products/angelim-pedra/AnglimDi2.jpg

[cat_duh_maran]

Looks like tight grained red oak to me but you'd know immediately by the smell. Maybe African Mahog. but the pink makes me wonder.
Bruce