Comments on: Wood Identification Guide http://www.wood-database.com By Woodworkers, For Woodworkers. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Maria Mann http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-identification-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Maria Mann Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:03:56 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?page_id=1928#comment-828 Also another bit of information about this tree...the wood sinks. Not one piece, big or small floats in water...all sink! And you should know that we got the pieces of this tree at the US forestry Service in Truckee California...although that does not mean the tree came from anywhere near there...It along with many other cut trees were brought there for local people to pick up and haul away...mostly to use as fire wood. I think this tree is very special. Please send me an address where I can forward the images I have. Thanks again! Maria Mann Also another bit of information about this tree…the wood sinks. Not one piece, big or small floats in water…all sink! And you should know that we got the pieces of this tree at the US forestry Service in Truckee California…although that does not mean the tree came from anywhere near there…It along with many other cut trees were brought there for local people to pick up and haul away…mostly to use as fire wood. I think this tree is very special. Please send me an address where I can forward the images I have.

Thanks again!

Maria Mann

]]> By: Maria Mann http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-identification-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Maria Mann Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:51:20 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?page_id=1928#comment-827 My friend and I have a type of wood that is so beautiful, so heavy, and so hard but we cannot for the life of us figure out what it is...nor can anyone else! I have taken several pictures of it and would like to send it to you for review. The cross section of most of the limbs starts out very blonde then goes to a ring of caramel, then a ring of Toffee then the center is sometimes very dark like rich coffee. The wood is insanely hard and very heavy. I got knocked on my shin and it left a golfball size knot for a month! The bark seems like a hickory type or maybe mesquite but really not sure. The bark peels off in bits and flakes but not that easy. I have noticed that the cross sections that we cut (with a skill saw since our splitter can't cut it) over time get dry and split a little. The limbs can get beautifully narly. I am in love with this wood and am keeping large chunks of it for myself! It truly seems to heavy and hard to be of any value as furniture but again I am not sure. please let me know if I can send you some images so you can help me identify it. Sincerely, Maria Mann My friend and I have a type of wood that is so beautiful, so heavy, and so hard but we cannot for the life of us figure out what it is…nor can anyone else! I have taken several pictures of it and would like to send it to you for review. The cross section of most of the limbs starts out very blonde then goes to a ring of caramel, then a ring of Toffee then the center is sometimes very dark like rich coffee. The wood is insanely hard and very heavy. I got knocked on my shin and it left a golfball size knot for a month! The bark seems like a hickory type or maybe mesquite but really not sure. The bark peels off in bits and flakes but not that easy. I have noticed that the cross sections that we cut (with a skill saw since our splitter can’t cut it) over time get dry and split a little. The limbs can get beautifully narly. I am in love with this wood and am keeping large chunks of it for myself! It truly seems to heavy and hard to be of any value as furniture but again I am not sure.

please let me know if I can send you some images so you can help me identify it.

Sincerely,

Maria Mann

]]> By: ERA Interiors - Custom Furniture http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-identification-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-82 ERA Interiors - Custom Furniture Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:06:01 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?page_id=1928#comment-82 This is a great article and as custom furniture makers it's important to educate the client about the quality of the material that's being used in the pieces of furniture they are purchasing and what exactly they are getting for their money. This is a great article and as custom furniture makers it’s important to educate the client about the quality of the material that’s being used in the pieces of furniture they are purchasing and what exactly they are getting for their money.

]]> By: JR http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-identification-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-6 JR Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:35:06 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?page_id=1928#comment-6 One of the worst ripoffs going on right now, is all the sellers on ebay selling the very cheap to get Argentine Lignum Vitae as the Genuine Lignum Vitae. I would say that well over half of all Lignum listed on ebay right now is Argentine. I've contacted ebay in the past, and they don't even care. You would think it would be illegal to make false claims regarding the genus of wood. One of the worst ripoffs going on right now, is all the sellers on ebay selling the very cheap to get Argentine Lignum Vitae as the Genuine Lignum Vitae.
I would say that well over half of all Lignum listed on ebay right now is Argentine.
I’ve contacted ebay in the past, and they don’t even care.
You would think it would be illegal to make false claims regarding the genus of wood.

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