Id gifted wood

[yorkshireflotsam]

Hi could anyone help me ID these pieces of wood Ive had gifted ? three different types maybe

[Gregory]

Starting from the top, I would guess:

 

Oak

Walnut

Mahogany

[paul ron]

poplar, walnut, teak.

 

... its hard to see in a picture to make a pos id.

[Charter33]

Might be ash, sapelli and iroko. As paul ron says, difficult to tell from a photograph. If my guess is correct for the bottom one, take appropriate safety precautions if sanding.....

[bowwild]

One of my least enjoyable classes at Purdue as I achieved my Bachelor's Degree in Forestry, was wood identification.   One considers a variety of characteristics to determine wood from a small 2"x2" block:

• Color of face grain
• End grain (pores and rays) (usually have to wet the surface a bit, dare I say "spit" on it?)
• Face grain
• Hardness 
• Weight (weight was difficult with small pieces)
• For a few species, aroma will work (sassafras comes to mind)

My guesses are, top to bottom:

• Cherry, (but there may be a slight green tinge which would be characteristic of yellow poplar (tulip tree -fastest growing deciduous tree in the Easter US)
• Walnut (the grain on this sample seems a bit too straight though)
• Mahogany

Of course when dealing with hobby wood, all types of exotics (to the U.S.) are commonly used which complicate matters a bunch.

 

How much would I wager than I'm correct .... ZERO. 😇