Eklund Fulltang ?Wood from an old pallet >.<

[davep90]

Yes thats right unknown very hard wood from a pallet board, any ideas what it is?

Strange stuff brown in appearance till i started to cut it which brought out a kind of purpleish pink with a black tinge to the middle

(since identified as purpleheart on BB)

 

[JonnyP]

Do you know what was in the pallet..? I get a lot of Indian sandstone on pallets and these pallets are banana wood, so I am told. It does vary a lot in colour and does have purples in it...Tis quite a hard wood too....

 

[brancho]

Thats a nice piece of pallet you have there.

I need to go and look at some pallets

 

[Dougster]

Sorry to detract from the point, but you must have big hands fella!

Nice wood, and as long as it works - don't knock it!

 

[mr dazzler]

I used to refurb pallets at one time and it amazed me just how many different types of wood were used to build them, even oak, beech, mahoggany, teak, elm, birch, as well as larch/spruce/fir etc probably willow alder and other unknown stuff as well

 

[dwardo]

Nice knife and i love the swell.

PS my money is on mahoggany i have a huge block of the stuff and its very very hard wood

 

[Toddy]

I broke apart three pallets for a fence a couple of years ago; well, denailed, etc., some of those barbed nails are a *real* pain to get out. Found the pallets were mostly teak the fence looks braw
Nice job on the knife btw
cheers,
Toddy

 

[seany boy]

Looks like it could be Jarrah.

http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Me...creen=CTGY&Store_Code=WS&Category_Code=Jarrah

 

[mr dazzler]

Beleive it or not they used to use jarrah board's to make floors for coal wagon's!

 

[davep90]

Purpleheart