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As some may have heard, Buffalo suffered a tragic loss when a flight crashed into a single house back in February. I lost 5 good friends on that flight. We have spent the last couple of months mourning, counseling and moving forward. I recently cleaned out the wood pile of one of my friends and brought home two van fulls of various wood.
This is some of the wood to come out of the pile that I made into a knife block. I am at a loss as to what the wood is. I wish there was more of it. It is very hard and I am 90% sure it is Bocote. I am including both pictures of it finished and unfinished to help identify the wood.
Thanks for looking.
-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com
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wdkits1
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posted 207 days ago
4th picture looks more like Brazillian cherry ( jatoba)
-- Mike www.midlothianwoodworks.com
Boardman
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posted 207 days ago
Hmmm…doen’t look like the Bocote I’ve seen – it’s a light brown color with blackish growth rings. Hard to tell what else it might be.
flcopper169
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posted 207 days ago
I can’t say for sure what kind of wood this is ….. but it sure is beautiful…. It’ll be something you’ll always cherrish as a gift from your friend…..
Best wishes…
Rob
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PGreene
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posted 207 days ago
Definately not bocote. I use it quite a bit and it’s not red at all. I agree with Mike, it looks like jatoba
-- Patrick
TedM
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posted 207 days ago
Jatoba came to my mind as well.
Sorry for your loss. :(
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Woodhacker
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posted 207 days ago
I’ve used jatoba quite a bit…3rd and 4th pictures look exactly like the stock I have on hand and have used in the past. I agree with Patrick…I have a few pieces of bocote lying around…bocote doesn’t resemble this wood.
-- Martin, Kansas
NY_Rocking_Chairs
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posted 207 days ago
Ok, the pieces do have a definite reddish tinge to them. They turn browner as they go through the thickness planer…
Thanks all.
-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com
a1Jim
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posted 207 days ago
Well done. I vote for Jatoba
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 207 days ago
I will have to agree it is brazillian cherry (Jatoba). BC has a Janka hardness rating about twice that of oak. The white spots in the wood are due to its silica content which make the wood hard on sawblades.
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Lip
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posted 207 days ago
I’d vote for Jatoba … I’ve used Jatoba for a couple of toolboxes and a few swords … and have had very similar results
-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN
Dusty56
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posted 195 days ago
Looks like Jatoba aka Brazilian Cherry to me as well :) Compare the endgrain on your project to mine .
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Sorry to hear about your friends .
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