Wood Id

[johnstra]

I bought a truck load of elm, walnut, and ash the other day. I found this one oddball. Very hard and dense. No bark on this one piece. Anybody know what it is? That reflective sheen the camera picks up is interesting.

 

[Hogwildz]

Walnut maybe?

 

[modo]

First pic looks like a pork product that needs thrown on the grill! Seriously, don't know. Ya got me...

 

[spacecowboyIV]

Looks like a curly piece of walnut to me.

 

[Pagey]

OMG, it's bacon! :bug:

 

[johnstra]

It does look a little like bacon I guess. I think it is walnut. There was more in the batch but this one looked different than the others.

I'll try to crumble into some scrambled eggs

 

[SolarAndWood]

Did the bigger stuff look like this? It was IDd as Siberian Elm.

 

[Battenkiller]

Looks like a curly piece of walnut to me.

+1

Sad to see wood like that get burned, but that's just the way it happens. You can't see the spectacular grain until it's split, then it's too late. Enjoy the heat at any rate. ;-)

 

[CountryBoy19]

Could possibly be mulberry or hedge... the color of the heartwood looks just like dried hedge/mulberry does (orangish brown color). The really twisted nature is characteristic of hedge. Is the wood really heavy?

 

[johnstra]

Yes, it's quite heavy. This stuff is bone dry and it's significantly heavier than oak.

 

[Superlite]

mulberry

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I also believe that it is Mulberry.

 

[smokinj]

I am feeling hedge not yellow enough for mulberry.

 

[Superlite]

mulberry will get that purple color when dry

 

[smokinj]

mulberry will get that purple color when dry

I have never seen it get that color. What do i know....

 

[Superlite]

I wasn't trying to argue or say you are wrong. As for the Mulberry that I have cut and split here is yellow when freshly split almost like locust then it gets a reddish purple color when exposed to air I guess because it is starting to dry, at least that has been my experience.
Throw it in the fire if it pops and sparks a lot its mulberry

 

[smokinj]

I wasn't trying to argue or say you are wrong. As for the Mulberry that I have cut and split here is yellow when freshly split almost like locust then it gets a reddish purple color when exposed to air I guess because it is starting to dry, at least that has been my experience.
Throw it in the fire if it pops and sparks a lot its mulberry

I have Not done enough malberry to be sure. My gut says hedge. lol

 

[johnstra]

Whatever it is, I wish I had more of it. I'm not going to burn it till it gets really cold. Tonight it's supposed to be 18. I'm going to wait for single-digits or lower to burn such beautiful stuff.

 

[tfdchief]

Looks like a beautiful piece of walnut to me.

 

[CodyWayne718]

Its not hedge, or atleast it looks like none of the hedge I have seen. I was gonna say walnut but I dunno why its so shinny

 

[smokinj]

Its not hedge, or atleast it looks like none of the hedge I have seen. I was gonna say walnut but I dunno why its so shinny

Yea wouldn't say hedge is a great guess either. Mesquite maybe.

 

[Wood Duck]

I don't think it is walnut, at least it isn't eastern Black Walnut. There are other types of nut trees and fruit trees it could be. My guess is old Mulberry that has weathered to a different color than is typical for mulberry. It looks like the tree may have been a yard tree, so there are tons of possibilities.