I've been calling it rosewood... but really I have no idea, only that it
is *very* hard (compared, for example, to a girls hip), a bit interwoven
in the grain (here and there), and the spokeshave chips look like this:
http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cwc-close.jpg (sorry the image
is a little big...)
Any ideas?
I also don't think the blade was as sharp as it could be (I'm new at
this...) or is that chattering (which I don't remember feeling)
something unavoidable?
--
er
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Enoch Root <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I've been calling it rosewood... but really I have no idea, only that it
>>is *very* hard (compared, for example, to a girls hip), a bit interwoven
>>in the grain (here and there), and the spokeshave chips look like this:
>>
>>http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cwc-close.jpg (sorry the image
>>is a little big...)
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>I also don't think the blade was as sharp as it could be (I'm new at
>>this...) or is that chattering (which I don't remember feeling)
>>something unavoidable?
>
>
> Hard to tell...but could it be padouk?
Seems not smooth enough? I think it might be harder, too (although,
never having cut padouk...)
It also doesn't have orange colors... more like a walnut. I posted a
second picture a bit upthread...
It's very rigid, not bending very much at all when I torque a ~1/2"
piece between my hands.
er
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> [email protected] wrote:
> > is it heavy, resinous and dulls the tools rapidly? might be apatong or
> > something in that family.
Enoch Root" <[email protected]> schreef >
> It's not resinous... I think. I mean, it doesn't have an oily feeling...
> It's hard enough to be considered hard on tools, though. I could see a
> thin white line on the tip of my blade after maybe 1/2 hour of straight
> shaving or so.
> But no pitch or oil if I'm looking at it right.
***
Definitely nowhere near apitong.
Surely not a rosewood or padouk.
But it is almost surely one of the Legumes.
PvR
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:44:15 -0800, Enoch Root <[email protected]>
wrote:
>RampRat wrote:
>> Looks to me like lacewood. Do a Google image search for lacewood and
>> compare.
>
>Hi Rick,
>
>Thanks... I looked around and I don't think that's what it is. The
>strip is about 7/8" wide if that's any help.
>
>The wood has a very open grain, and the pale ares are, near as I can
>determine, pores of much softer wood.
>
>The wood is much darker than what google's showing me of lacewood.
>
>I guess a shaving isn't a very good way to show the wood. Maybe this is
>better:
>
>http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cw-close.jpg
>
>Even that: it probably looks more like what your eyes see if you have
>the zoom on the picture set to about 33%. It's dark, it doesn't seem
>stripey or dotted if you just look at it... unless you look close. :)
>
>er
is it heavy, resinous and dulls the tools rapidly? might be apatong or
something in that family.
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:35:34 -0800, Enoch Root <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Robatoy wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Enoch Root <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've been calling it rosewood... but really I have no idea, only that it
>>>is *very* hard (compared, for example, to a girls hip), a bit interwoven
>>>in the grain (here and there), and the spokeshave chips look like this:
>>>
>>>http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cwc-close.jpg (sorry the image
>>>is a little big...)
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>I also don't think the blade was as sharp as it could be (I'm new at
>>>this...) or is that chattering (which I don't remember feeling)
>>>something unavoidable?
>>
>>
>> Hard to tell...but could it be padouk?
>
>Seems not smooth enough? I think it might be harder, too (although,
>never having cut padouk...)
>
>It also doesn't have orange colors... more like a walnut. I posted a
>second picture a bit upthread...
if it was padouk it would have been immediately obvious the first time
you touched it with sandpaper.
the orange color is intense. even a small amount of fine sawdust will
stain whatever it touches bright red.
>
>It's very rigid, not bending very much at all when I torque a ~1/2"
>piece between my hands.
>
>er
In article <[email protected]>,
Enoch Root <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been calling it rosewood... but really I have no idea, only that it
> is *very* hard (compared, for example, to a girls hip), a bit interwoven
> in the grain (here and there), and the spokeshave chips look like this:
>
> http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cwc-close.jpg (sorry the image
> is a little big...)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I also don't think the blade was as sharp as it could be (I'm new at
> this...) or is that chattering (which I don't remember feeling)
> something unavoidable?
Hard to tell...but could it be padouk?
RampRat wrote:
> Looks to me like lacewood. Do a Google image search for lacewood and
> compare.
Hi Rick,
Thanks... I looked around and I don't think that's what it is. The
strip is about 7/8" wide if that's any help.
The wood has a very open grain, and the pale ares are, near as I can
determine, pores of much softer wood.
The wood is much darker than what google's showing me of lacewood.
I guess a shaving isn't a very good way to show the wood. Maybe this is
better:
http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cw-close.jpg
Even that: it probably looks more like what your eyes see if you have
the zoom on the picture set to about 33%. It's dark, it doesn't seem
stripey or dotted if you just look at it... unless you look close. :)
er
--
I call it rosewood in polite company--I call it chairwood when I'm alone.
[email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:44:15 -0800, Enoch Root <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>RampRat wrote:
>>
>>>Looks to me like lacewood. Do a Google image search for lacewood and
>>>compare.
>>
>>Hi Rick,
>>
>>Thanks... I looked around and I don't think that's what it is. The
>>strip is about 7/8" wide if that's any help.
>>
>>The wood has a very open grain, and the pale ares are, near as I can
>>determine, pores of much softer wood.
>>
>>The wood is much darker than what google's showing me of lacewood.
>>
>>I guess a shaving isn't a very good way to show the wood. Maybe this is
>>better:
>>
>>http://www.xenius.org/tsudonimh/20051103/cw-close.jpg
>>
>>Even that: it probably looks more like what your eyes see if you have
>>the zoom on the picture set to about 33%. It's dark, it doesn't seem
>>stripey or dotted if you just look at it... unless you look close. :)
>>
>>er
>
>
>
> is it heavy, resinous and dulls the tools rapidly? might be apatong or
> something in that family.
It's not resinous... I think. I mean, it doesn't have an oily feeling...
It's hard enough to be considered hard on tools, though. I could see a
thin white line on the tip of my blade after maybe 1/2 hour of straight
shaving or so.
But no pitch or oil if I'm looking at it right.
er
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