Woody2Shoes
Impressive Member
The bark doesn't look right, and there's not much sapwood, and the grain doesn't look right (but otherwise I agree!
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Wood identification
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Woody2Shoes
Impressive Member
Normally, when it's fresh it's more yellowy than your pic, but I guess with age and/or fungal action (short of spalting) it can go more brownish. What diameter was the log would you say?
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
The bark doesn't look right, and there's not much sapwood, and the grain doesn't look right (but otherwise I agree!
Hmmm.....
Looks out at the window at loads of Ulmus glabra........
Hmmm...takes photo of bark and a piece of firewood....
The mottled one .
Hmmm....Funny grey colour too.
Types......Are you both so sure ?
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Adam W.
A Major Clanger
You were right, it's not beech.
Here's the grain and the flecking from the parenchyma of Ulmus glabra
Phil Pascoe
Established Member
Yes.
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Beech
True. I was distracted by the flecked pattern which is typical of beech.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
And many, many other timbers.
Chippysu
Established Member
Very pithy like hazle but I want to say the bark looks like silver birch maybe. Think Phil said Birch too.
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
OP was told it was beech. The wood looks like beech. The bark looks like beech. Beech is very common. It probably is beech.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
OP was told it was beech. The wood looks like beech. The bark looks like beech. Beech is very common. It probably is beech.
The op didn't think it was beech after working with it and having it in his hands. The bark is nothing like beech, the colour of the wood is nothing like beech, it looks like Wych elm and I wouldn't be surprised if it smelt like Wych elm.
Small diameter Wych elm is very common.
I'll raise your
with a :Facepalm emoji:
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Not bothered either way!The op didn't think it was beech after working with it and having it in his hands. The bark is nothing like beech, the colour of the wood is nothing like beech, it looks like Wych elm and I wouldn't be surprised if it smelt like Wych elm.
Small diameter Wych elm is very common.
I'll raise your
He's posted a vid which wasn't there last time I looked. Yes it isn't pink enough for beech; I could be wrong! Has happened before, once in 2006 ISTR
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David B. 63
Member
Sorry or late reply
was a younger limb about 7-8” diaChippysu
Established Member
Can I just add that the pink hue in beech is created from the steaming process rather than natural colouring and therefore the off white/grey of the log is its natural colour.
