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Identify the species...

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I'm not the best at identifying wood species, rather new to woodworking. I purchased a large lot of lumber this weekend, primarily ash and maple, but I did find this board in the stack. It's very hard, heavy, and dense. Is anyone able to identify this?

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I gave that piece to Bill…I had a huge block of it that one of the other LJ members was kind enough to help me re-saw…..My guess was Katalox….it's difficult to work with, brittle and smells like chocolate when cut…be very careful if you put it through a thickness planer…it chips out really bad (I had pieces flying everywhere in my shop…)...but it definitely looks like the same wood….
 
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I have a piece of the "Mad Jester" wood, from Sue's block…. same as Bill's.
It is not like the Jatoba that I have, and shared at Woodstick 2015!!!
 
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