Wood identification help

[Rob_H]

This has been described as oak - welsh oak to be specific! This has more of a pine appearance in places to me. Can anyone help?

 

[Rob_H]

40 views and no suggestions as to timber? Blimey!!

 

[jasonB]

I'd say the frame of the chair is more likely beech, it certainly does not look anything like oak and maybe chestnut for the seat

Jason

 

[jeffinfrance]

all looks like pine to me. grain's just not tight enough for a hardwood in my opinion.

jeff

 

[Ironballs]

Pictures aren't too clear, but the seat and front look quite pine-y, the legs at the rear seem like they could be some form of hardwood looking at the grain

 

[Rob_H]

Yes, sorry about the photos but I don't have the chair here. I'm quite liking beech for the back as someone mentioned.

 

[Rob_H]

Further photo

 

[dickm]

My bet would be on beech for the legs (though the front legs could JUST be oak), and pine for everything else.
Certainly the bulk of it is not oak of any nationality!

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

+1 for pine.

 

[John. B]

I reckon Pine :?

John. B

 

[Rob_H]

As usual - thanks everyone. Pine and beech. Agreed.

 

[tekno.mage]

That is definitely not Welsh Oak (or any other kind of oak for that matter) - the grain (especially on the seat) looks completely wrong.

It's probably some kind of pine as others have suggested, with maybe beech for the legs?

tekno.mage

 

[superunknown]

Beech and pine

 

[Jacob]

Could be oak but probably a mixture. Colour in the photos too variable. Rails look like fruitwood. Was it a commode- perhaps with later pine seat?

 

[Digit]

I'd go for Pine and many years of wax polish.

Roy.

 

[dickm]

I suddenly wondered - is "Welsh oak" a derogatory term for pine???

(and before anyone accuses me of racism, I'm mongrel Welsh myself!)

 

[Digit]

Careful Dick, you're treading dangerous ground! :lol:

Roy.

 

[jimi43]

It certainly looks like it was a comode at some time in the past hence the drawer for extracting the chamber pot in the morning.

I would say very old pine meself.

Jim

 

[Jacob]

I suddenly wondered - is "Welsh oak" a derogatory term for pine???

(and before anyone accuses me of racism, I'm mongrel Welsh myself!)

Wales (Montgomeryshire) was major source of best british oak in the past.

 

[dickm]

Wales (Montgomeryshire) was major source of best british oak in the past.

.. and that general area still has the finest oak-framed buildings in Britain.