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Many thanks, I followed up your Scandinavian Pine suggestion and after a lot of research found out that was indeed one of the timbers used in the past.

Thank you, that explains why I was sharpening every 1/2 hour, so will not be as quick to plane them again. They were all used on a railway as had metal numbers, fixing holes and recessed bits with horsehair? matting, I guess used as a shock absorber? I finished it a few years ago, so access to...

I have built a wooden walk way in my garden from railway sleepers that were left by previous owner. The house is situated next to a disused railway line (1960s) in North Wales so possible they were scavenged many years ago or sourced elsewhere? I needed to plane the top edges which were quite...