Mantle Clock, mystery wood

Nice wood. Looks almost like red oak from the pic but might be koa.

-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!

beautiful clock.how did you put the pattern on the board? carve it by yourself?

-- china

Very nice project.
I bought some wood this weekend that they called ‘Cambara’
It is a type of Mohogany. The grain in your wood looks very similar.
Thanks for posting.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

anotherbrick – I have a laser engraver and then I colorfill with creme shoe polish – black. The shoe polish has not faded on projects for indoors even after several years.

cobbler – I found out that it is most probably Patridge Wood.

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Looks like Ash to me.

Nice trick with the shoe polish…I like that you can still see the wood grain through the polish .This is the first time of my hearing about partridge wood . Did your source tell you where it might come from ?How heavy is the base wood Alder ? Any thoughts as to it tipping over ?

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Dusty,

the harder the wood the more translucent the shoe polish. On alder the shoe polish is jet black. As for the partridge wood, don’t know where it’s from. The alder base is pretty light but the footprint is substantial enought that tipping is no issue at all.

-- Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and love.

Thanks for the feedback : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .