I am thinking rosewood here but....not sure
any guesses?
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| Author: | Jonny [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:38 pm ] |
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I am thinking rosewood here but....not sure any guesses? |
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| Author: | johnparchem [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:14 pm ] |
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Does it have a strong smell, if you scrape or sand it a bit. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:40 pm ] |
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I'll agree it looks like dalbergia. The first two pieces look like cocobolo, the other two I'm not sure about. It would help to know how it smells. |
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| Author: | Jonny [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:00 pm ] |
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Hi Guy's There's a smell for sure ,hard to place it though. Two pieces total, I just flipped them over to the side in the second shot(1st and 2nd pics are wet down). Seems a little heavier then Indian rosewood ,but not much. |
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:24 pm ] |
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2nd pic looks like a piece of Brazilian rosewood I have. Smells are sometimes hard to describe. Sweet, flowery and some sort of chocolate-meets-cinnamon bubblegum all thrown in the mix. |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:55 pm ] |
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First one looks like cocobolo, the other one looks like Indian. Cocobolo should be recognizable by its smell. Indian can be sorted out from the other rosewoods by its smaller and more numerous pores. |
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| Author: | A.Hix [ Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:40 pm ] |
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Camatillo rosewood. |
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| Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:10 pm ] |
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Better send that over here..... need to see it in person for an accurate analysis.... 
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:42 pm ] |
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*Most* rosewoods can be identified by their unique fragrance... |
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| Author: | Craig Bumgarner [ Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:05 pm ] |
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The smell of Indian rosewood always reminds me of a pipe tobacco shop. |
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| Author: | Eric Reid [ Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:11 pm ] |
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A.Hix wrote: Camatillo rosewood. Thank you, Aaron, for weighing in. Is "Camatillo rosewood" the same thing as "Mexican kingwood"? Are we talking about D. congestiflora? In your experience, what is the density of D. congestiflora? I've read everything from .85 - 1.1. On the subject of rosewood ID, I found this interesting (especially the tables and figures):https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794071/ I had been under the impression that U.V. light was the litmus test. I gather that there isn't one. |
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