Turkey Oak ..
Is this oak?
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Cooper
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I agree. They grow in my garden and I had one converted into boards . Looks like oak but has a more open grain.
niall Y
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Turkey Oak could well fit the profile, looks wise. But if this is a commercially produced item, then it is more likely to be a readily available kiln dried species. Logically, one should therefore look amongst the list of "usual suspects" Without there being any evidence of tannins, Ash would seem to be the most plausible choice.
Sgian Dubh
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It's no good trying to shoehorn Nick_'s wood into anything that resembles an oak of any kind.
The stuff in post #1 is not an oak, and nor is the stuff in the second set of images in post #14.
Those are images of ash, which may be either European or North American, impossible to tell from the supplied snap. Slainte.
PS. I normally avoid wood identification questions like the plague in forums because it can be difficult and can easily lead to the wrong answer, but here the identity is so obvious I decided to forego my usual reticence.
PPS. So, if we were looking at any one of scores of oak species the end grain image at post #1 would have some characteristics similar to the one below; it doesn't, therefore oaks are a non-starter. Note the very visible pale coloured medulla traversing the growth rings at ~90º in the image.
The stuff in post #1 is not an oak, and nor is the stuff in the second set of images in post #14.
Those are images of ash, which may be either European or North American, impossible to tell from the supplied snap. Slainte.
PS. I normally avoid wood identification questions like the plague in forums because it can be difficult and can easily lead to the wrong answer, but here the identity is so obvious I decided to forego my usual reticence.
PPS. So, if we were looking at any one of scores of oak species the end grain image at post #1 would have some characteristics similar to the one below; it doesn't, therefore oaks are a non-starter. Note the very visible pale coloured medulla traversing the growth rings at ~90º in the image.
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Keith 66
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The smell when you cut the stuff is a giveaway Oak smells very different to Ash which i always think has a dog dung sorta smell?
I’ve had to travel with work so wasn’t able to do the oak test, but it feels like Ash is becoming the consensus.
I appreciate everyone’s detailed responses, I’m learning a lot. Personally, I’m happy to take it as Ash, but because everyone’s been kind enough to give their thoughts, I’d be fine making a cut or doing a test if anyone is interested. I’ll be back home on Thursday.
I appreciate everyone’s detailed responses, I’m learning a lot. Personally, I’m happy to take it as Ash, but because everyone’s been kind enough to give their thoughts, I’d be fine making a cut or doing a test if anyone is interested. I’ll be back home on Thursday.
Cut a 1" x 1/4" strip 2ft long, warm up with a domestic steam iron and try to bend it round a 1/2 gallon paint tin. If it wraps, I will accept 'ash', but a £1 to pinch of pig-poo it will snap..
My last post on this subject, I have to go and tidy my sock drawer. Or speak to someone important . Or square off the end of the loo-roll.
My last post on this subject, I have to go and tidy my sock drawer. Or speak to someone important . Or square off the end of the loo-roll.
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