Anyone recognize this wood?

Yup, Jon is the winner! I am holding a couple of pieces of Bubinga in my hand and the end grain is spot on to the OP's second pic. Crazy, from the face of the pieces it looks just like some of the mahogany in my collection. Same color and luminescent quality. Cool! Now my bed is covered with exotic lumber... I am sitting here fondling soooo much wood. Git yer mind out da gutter people... ok my mind is there too.

 

Well, let me tell you how I am likin' this sexy Bocote. Not only is it a gorgeous piece of wood, it is quite heavy for being such a small block. I wonder what kind of btus it would put out, raising my temps without even a flame. Ok enough now.... hahahahah! I need to put my wood away... soon.

 

HEY! Though I may resemble that remark, you all leave me out of your double entendre and wood lust ok?

 

dusky Ever worked with Brazilian Tigerwood? Thats whay my house floors are constructed of? Pretty but a lil soft for my liking...

 

Don't matter how pretty it is if it ain't hard enough... ba-dum-ching!

 

Don't have any tigerwood, but I do have canary, zebra, and leopard woods. Might have more animal named lumber but I cannot recall right now. I do have a nice stash of mammoth elephant ivory!

 

Bought it from a museum person. David Warther is his name, he pops up on Google.

 

Ok-I'll retire from this banter---ya'll carry on....

 

This is tigerwood

 

Nah, that would be epic though! He is an amazing carver of ivory and uses antique pre-ban ivory. I just bought scraps off him, I only make miniatures so I accumulate lots of small bits and pieces of many materials I find intriguing. The Brazilian rosewood and black ebony I have are 60 year old scraps from the Martin Guitar Co. I like to think that my creations could possibly be made from the same tree as a musical legend's guitar! I even have pieces that have the same inlay that was used on the backs of guitars from the 50s. Thanks to dumpster divers I have some rare lumber in my possession.

 

None taken my friend.

 

My local exotic wood supplier has Rosewood in, but it is of East Indian source.

 

I have some of that too, big difference! You can tell real old growth Brazilian rosewood not only by the color but by the smell. The Brazilian smells sweet, when you sand it smells just like the bubblegum that came in baseball card packs. Any other rosewood smells kinda gross, like old gym socks.
Brazilian rosewood is a Cites 1 endangered species and cannot be imported or exported. No other rosewood can compare sadly. It is revered for it's beauty as well as it's tonal qualities for musical instruments. Gooder stuff, but hard to get.

 

I will take some pics tomorrow of my lumber, and also show a side by side of East Indian vs Brazilian rosewoods.