Wood id quiz

[Blackswanwood]

I'm trying to run down my offcuts pile by making a few boxes and veneered up some lid panels yesterday ... brownie points to anyone who can identify them all correctly

 

[Fitzroy]

Top left Elm. Bottom Right Walnut. Other than those guesses I've not got a clue.

F.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Top left Elm. Bottom Right Walnut. Other than those guesses I've not got a clue.

F.

Not bad guesses!

 

[Blackswanwood]

It looks like you are the only entrant @Fitzroy !

You were actually spot on with the two you named. They are:

Top lhs - Elm, rhs - Mahogany
Second row - both Laurel
Third row lhs - Red Elm, rhs - Myrtle
Bottom lhs - Pepperwood, rhs - Walnut

The Mahogany is quilted which is particularly attractive but probably makes it harder to identify. I don’t think l’d have fared better than you with just the picture.

 

[Fitzroy]

They are all amazing looking timber, I wouldn’t have known you could get laurel in such large sections and I’ve never heard of pepper wood. Where do you source such exotic and figured timber?

 

[Sideways]

Nice little quiz. Thanks

I've saved away both the photo and a snapshot of the answers above in case I'm ever lucky enough to be trying to identify the unusual ones in future.

The laurel is interesting to me as I own a small penknife inlaid with box elder and that would have been my guess for the two pieces on your second row.

This from the web so you can see why I would have guessed wrongly :

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

They are all beautiful veneers and wouldn't have fared any better than Fitzroy.


What do you use to finish these - I'm interested in burl veneers myself...?