CT Proctor Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Wood ID is not one of my strong points, unless it's written on the wood, but no such luck this time. I asked a friend and he thought either African Mahogany or Sapele. What do you think? It turned very easily. First pic has no finish and second has a coat of spray poly. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Sapele. You can see the stripes in the finished piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 It does look very much like sapele.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Yup, that's a Sapele Sippy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Proctor Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 If I HAD to bet, I'd say sapele is slightly more likely than African mahogany, but ribbon stripe is something that occurs in both and the graininess is about the same in both so they can be very hard to distinguish sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Looks more like African mahogany to me. Sapele is darker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-astragal Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Sapele has slight ray flecks. African mahogany doesn't. There are a few species of A M so I don't know for sure, but it looks like it. "Mahoganish", is my term for the dozens of different woods marketed as mahogany. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Let's call it "brown wood" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Sapele has slight ray flecks. African mahogany doesn't. There are a few species of A M so I don't know for sure, but it looks like it. "Mahoganish", is my term for the dozens of different woods marketed as mahogany. Steve Hm ... are you sure about that? I DO see that I have one pic of a nicely quartersawn piece of sapele with the little ray flakes you mention and I don't happen to have any such of African mahogany, but looking at the rays, I can't see any reason why African mahogany should not have flakes, since sapele does and the rays seem to be about the same size and spacing: http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_anatomy/diffuse%20porous/mahogany/_mahogany.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob493 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Sapele has a HUGE natural chatoyance that these images are just not conveying. African mahogany does as well, but its not nearly as pronounced. A possibility, but due to the lack of color striations, I will go with -> If I had to put money on it -> Shorea Negrosensis Aka Luan, philippine mahogany, bataan, or meranti. cheap, easy, common. Heres a pic of a guitar with african mahogany, you can kinda see what I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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