Can someone help me identify this wood species?

Looks like mahogany to me.

Lee

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Yep, sure looks like mahogany.

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The cathedral looking big grain in the leg of the 2nd pic suggest to me it could be spanish cedar. Mahogany doesn’t generally have that.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Miles, sorry what is cathedral grain? Those two light colored streaks?

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Looks like mahogany to me. Mahogany can have mild cathedral patterns when it’s flatsawn.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Cathedral Grain is the high arched grain pattern that looks like the top of a cathedral.,.. what is seen in the 2nd pick is the side of one.. the grain pattern is also know as flame here in OZ
I think if it is light.,.. ie not heavy Miles might have it… spanish cedar.. but it sure looks like mahogany..
Possible Fijian

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mclaean…yea. and if you ever smelled spanish cedar you couldn’t mistake it.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

That honestly looks similar to rubberwood to me.

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If it is Spanish Cedar, it should have that distinctive smell of a cigar humidor.

OK, I may have to rule out Spanish Cedar because this stock is fairly odorless. I’ve smelled cigar boxes before and I’ll never forget that smell.

interpim – I never thought of rubberwood. Your photo looks pretty close, however the wood I have is pretty orange in color. Maybe.

Thanks guys. I knew I could get some advice within the first few hours of posting this.

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Heres Spanish Cedar. Note some boards are dead ringer for mahogany. Some not.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

that looks like utily to me…....

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That is definitely mahogany. You have to take into account that you said you are restoring an antique. Mahogany and Walnut are extremely popular wood for antique furniture. Spanish cedar although very similar to mahogany most like wouldn’t be used for an interior piece as it usually is reserved for exterior doors and of course humidors. Utily and rubberwood weren’t commonly used in the time period this piece was built…just taking a guess.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

another vote for mahogany.

“well-seasoned cherry, but the open pores of walnut” is exactly what i think of and clued me in before the first pic.

i agree for mahogany…. we had some panels (of what use they were i don’t recall) leaning around my parent’s house… they were mahogany and they looked exactly like what you have there…
Rubberwood (i have a rubberwood floor in my room) is much lighter)

-- jk

Yet another vote for mahogany. I work with it every day.

One more Mahogany vote here.

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

a yes for Mahogany

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Honduras Mahogany…

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Looks like every piece of mahogany I’ve worked with.

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intresting

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Mahogany from Blkcherry

My vote is mahogany too. It may be “pink mahogany’ to be more specific. Supposedly a species of mahogany from Africa.

The second pic looks exactly like some lumber that I have been holding on to for years. The guy that gave it to me said he got it off of a cargo ship several years ago. The wood was being used on the ship as ballast material. The chief engineer on the ship called it “pink mahogany”. In it’s unfinished state it does have several pink tints that run through the material. I have yet to run across any more of it, that’s why I’m still holding on to what I have left.

Honduras Mahogany!!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

I’d say mahogany.

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mahogany!

oh wait, i already said that :-P

It’s clearly a type of mahogany. Likely Honduran but, if you see some purple tint it’s African Mahogany. It could also be Sapele which is a form of African Mahogany and preferred in European shops.

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WOW. What an incredible set of responses. Thank you all for your input. I will continue to sand and re-dowel the components and most likely order a piece or two of mahogany to create a new top. Excited to see it cleaned up and back in action. Yes it was an antique that has been in the basement and attics of my family for many years, but I use abuse it. I treat it like a table and it serves me well.

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Put one more vote in for mahogany.

-- Bill Merritt -Augusta Ga. woodworker

Honduras Mahogany

-- Mark, www.mrhudon.com