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Black Maple?

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  1. 1985ew

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    I picked up some wood today. The person told me it was black maple? Anybody ever use this stuff before or is this something different?
     

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    Cant say ive ever cut or burned any maple that looks like that. Sugar, Norway, red (aka swamp) and silver are the maples im familiar with.
     
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    Has a bit of a Cherry look to it, but the bark is off.
    Never seen that before.
     
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    Walnut
     
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    I agree, looks like Black Walnut
     
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    "The Guide" describes Black as "closely related to Sugar Maple." Should be great firewood, nice grab! :cool:
     
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    Was the tree dying? That might explain the dark heart. In the video billb3 posted, there's a hint of a darker hue, but nothing like your pic.
    Post some split pics when you can..
     
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    That is 100% without a doubt black Walnut.....

    Black maple looks like a cross between sugar and red maple (bark and wood), wood is harder than red maple....
     
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    I think it might be black walnut didn’t seem right after looking up black maple. Thanks for the help all. I’ll try to get some split and take a picture once it stops pouring rain here in 3 days....:picard:
     
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    Chiming in late; black walnut for sure.
     
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    Highly valuable black walnut
     
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    Not seen much black maple but it is usually not that dark. Looks more like walnut to me.
     
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    Wow. Never seen heartwood that dark before. Bet that’d look awesome slabbed out of a mill.
     
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    i thought that guy looked familiar, I recently watched one of his sled videos. LOL!!
     
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    That’s black walnut. That stuff is getting very rare. I got a half truckload of it a couple years ago. It’s been split and stacked since I got it. Can’t bring myself to burn it, due to its rarity in Colorado:hair:
     
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    I agree looks like black walnut to me.
     
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    Another vote for walnut. Black maple is very similar to sugar maple in appearance, although the leaves are three-lobed rather than five, and the bark is slightly darker.
     
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    I'm sorry, but I just laugh any time I see that phrase... The video... :rofl: :lol:
     
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    You got me, too quick...:rofl: :lol:
     
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