mystery wood

[dannyk64]

I know it's a long shot but does anyone have any ideas what wood this could be?

I found it in a load of fire wood i had left at my sister's and forgotten about! couldn't ID it for the life of me...

think it was cut about two-three years ago

Thanks in advance!

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[Janne]

Fruit tree I think? ( apple?)

If you have a longer log, it would make an awesome knife handle, the grain must be beautiful1

 

[Mesquite]

With that grain patterning and narrow sapwood it looks very much like Sumac

 

[Nice65]

Looks like Laburnum to me.

 

[bobnewboy]

I’d tend towards either laburnum or yew. A lot depends upon the smell, hardness and density (weight) of the piece. The radial cracks lead me towards laburnum.

 

[Stew]

Laburnum. No doubt.

 

[dannyk64]

cheers for the replies everyone. exactly why I love this forum...

A neighbour had the tree felled a while back and I never really took much notice of it when it was around.

I seem to recall sort of dried out pea like fruits so Laburnum would make sense!

it is a shame I don't have bigger pieces. I have decided to save it from the fire though! it's a pretty bit of wood and I'm hoping to find another use for it. Open to any suggestions!

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[Janne]

No fruit tree then!

Bowl? The grain is beautiful.
long enough for a knife handle if you combine it with something else.

 

[Robson Valley]

If this is Laburnum, all parts of the tree are toxic due to the presence of cytisine. The Wikipedia entry has details.

 

[Janne]

If you oil or lacquer it, it is fine. Used to be used for those wooden wind instruments where you blow on one end to produce tones ( do not know the English names).

 

[mic201m]

black locust tree ?????????????

 

[C_Claycomb]

Bark is all wrong for black locust. Do a Google search. Locust is deeply fissured. The OP's wood is laburnum, for which the bark is a spot on match for a piece of wood that had been cut and dried out a while. Eventually, if left out, the bark will crack, curl, and the thin layer of sap wood will rot away from under it. Heart wood is remarkably durable and rot resistant.

 

[7 feet]

It's definitely laburnum (a german tree surgeon would call it Goldrain). And the tool was a very sharp chainsaw. This wood is very hard. Be careful with drying this wood. It shrinks a lot very quick. If you want to dry it, you can add wood glue on both sides.

 

[7 feet]

by Michael Meyer, auf Flickr

Griff_Detail by Michael Meyer, auf Flickr[/IMG]

Such beautyful things you can get with laburnum.


Sorry, pictures seem to be too complicated for me.

 

[C_Claycomb]

pictures fixed (mostly)...although, I would bet money the bowl is yew, not laburnum.

 

[7 feet]

pictures fixed (mostly)...although, I would bet money the bowl is yew, not laburnum.

Holy sh.... you are right. Saved the wrong photo

 

[Billy-o]

Nice knife, 7'

 

[Nice65]

Nice knife, 7'

It’s lovely.

 

[7 feet]

It’s lovely.

I am an arborist, so the laburnum came from me. The knife is from a very old man in Finnland who just likes to make knives in the old traditional style ( short blade, long grip).
This knife I gave as a gift to a lady interested in bushcraft in Newcastle.

 

[Janne]

Beautiful things!