I am beginning to wonder if it is because of where it grew? Came from farm country in the fox river valley deep behind the cheddar curtain. Lots and lots of derriere I mean dairy air there! Well, OK there's lots of both!
Lol... last week a clear piece of cherry and everyone said bradford pear... this piece could be bradford pear and everyone saying cherry lmao...
Top to bottom. Piece of dead standing cherry,no bark. Piece of split cherry. Lastly dead standing RED oak cut/split about a month ago.
Welcome to the board (pun intended) Reggie. From the pictures that wood isn't ring porous at all so definitely not Oak, Maple has virtually no smell, so it's almost certainly Cherry. Probably Black Cherry with all/most of the sapwood rotted off. One of my favorite woods to work green as that sweet smell is intoxicating. For fun & a test. Take one of the cleaner splits and spray oven cleaner on it. Wipe or rinse it off after 30 seconds. If it's cherry it will have turned a darker red/orange. Also, hack some chips off it with an axe and put them in a ziplock/plastic bag. After several hours the smell will be intensified. Oak has an acrid, tannic acid smell to me. Sweet smell, is cherry.
Appreciate it RabbleRouser. Great feedback...I'm pretty decent at spotting red-oak, the woods are bloated around here with it. I've been studying some pics of logs, splits, and end grains of Ostrya virginiana aka iron wood...man it looks awfully close! What do you think?
HopHornbeam? Great, finegrained, heavy wood but has no odor at all and not durable to weather, likely would have rotted by the time the bark disapeared.
Hmm...doesn't have any of the tell-tale worm holes, grain twist, or rings... Ze wood plot thickens!!! hahahaha
Great looking pics Steve...good to see you sir! How's the weather & how are you sitting on firewood fer the winter months?
You to Reggie . Wood stocks are good for me . Lots of locust, oak and hickory. Always need more. Take care buddy.
