Just Bob Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 I was at Windsor Plywood in Bellingham WA today and they had this on display. Advertised as White Wenge Their sign even said "we have never heard of it either". I have searched the net, and all of the wood databases I know and can find no reference to White or Blond Wenge. The stuff is comparable to wenge in weight and at least is feels equally dense. But I don't know what it is. I do have a project in mind, so I bought a stick of each, just wondering if anyone has a clue what it might be. End grain Side grain Face grain Side by side Receipt It pretty no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Phinds can likely help you narrow in on an ID, but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with Wenge. Too many just assign labels to woods of mysterious origin based on how the seller thinks it appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted July 11, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Certainly looks like Wenge did you get slivers picking it up that would be a dead give away 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted July 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, pkinneb said: Certainly looks like Wenge did you get slivers picking it up that would be a dead give away Wore gloves. because I was also buying the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 The grain pattern certainly is wenge-like, but like @Tpt life says, it probably is something else altogether. Purveyors of wood are always trying to give a new, unfamiliar one an exotic name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 I'll be derned if it don't look like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtwood Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 I didn't have any trouble googling for white wenge. http://www.wood-database.com/lati/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 5 hours ago, krtwood said: I didn't have any trouble googling for white wenge. http://www.wood-database.com/lati/ Thanks, I have no idea why that didn't show in my search. Maybe google doesn't like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 While the face pictures they show don't look exactly the same that end grain is definitely a match. Did you read that it isn't exceptionally dimensionally stable ? So plan to deal with wood movement. Plus flatsawn wood (like your pictures show) moves more than rift or quartersawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted July 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 7:23 AM, wdwerker said: While the face pictures they show don't look exactly the same that end grain is definitely a match. Did you read that it isn't exceptionally dimensionally stable ? So plan to deal with wood movement. Plus flatsawn wood (like your pictures show) moves more than rift or quartersawn. Yea I saw that, my plan was an end grain chess board that is only 46yrs late. I may not use the white, I am going to think about it, there is apparently no rush.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 If you can find a thick piece of holly that might look good in a chessboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 white wenge, = Amphimas pterocarpoides, more commonly called lati and it is on my site with that name. BUT ... based on the end grain, I think what you are showing is panga panga (a close wenge relative) sapwood Later: I looked at Eric's pics and was surprized to find that lati has the same end grain as wenge and panga panga. I was sure I remembered that it had a different structure but I check the North Carolina State University micropics (since I don't have a sample myself) and sure enough, it's the same, so I guess what you have IS lati. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 5:39 PM, Just Bob said: I have searched the net, and all of the wood databases I know and can find no reference to White or Blond Wenge. You should get my wood name database http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/wood_name_database/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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