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Bobc

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:17 pm

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RyanHoltz

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:22 pm

Walnut

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African Blackwood?

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LanceK

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:33 pm

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bubinga?

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Terry Stowell

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:33 pm

Koa

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Movingui?

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SniderMike

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:52 pm

Koa

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paduak

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GHatcher

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:52 pm

Cocobolo

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Bocote

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TonyKarol

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:03 pm

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kingwood

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JJ Donohue

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:12 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Jacaronda

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peterm

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:16 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Cuban Mahogany?

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Sam Price

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:23 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Burmese Rosewood?

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Jonas

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:37 pm

Mahogany

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Looks like Granadillo to me

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Zach Ehley

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:43 pm

Koa

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Jarrah

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Laurent Brondel

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:48 pm

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Beeswing cocobolo?

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Kent Chasson

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:04 pm

Koa

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bloodwood

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K.O.

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:13 pm

Koa

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Madagascar rosewood?

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Alain Desforges

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:18 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Makore?

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Brad Way

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:26 pm

Koa

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Yzerheart

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psl53

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:02 pm

Cocobolo

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Palisander
(Dalbergia baronii) ?
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Dave Fifield

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:42 pm

Koa

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It's painted OSB (Oriented Strand Board).

Oh, did you mean the piece of Dalbergia Cochinchinensis (Flamewood) in the front there?

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Cocephus

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:08 pm

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African Rosewood

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Bobc

Post subject: Re: Guess this wood and win a

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:18 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Jonas wrote:

Looks like Granadillo to me

Jonas your close but I need clarification as there are different species of Granadillo [:Y:]

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Jim Kirby

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:34 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Macacauba?

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Zach Ehley

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:39 pm

Koa

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Bobc wrote:

there are different species of Granadillo [:Y:]

Gorgeous Granadillo?

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Zach Ehley

Post subject: Re: Guess this wood and win a

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:42 pm

Koa

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Dalbergia granadillo
Platymiscium pinnatum

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vachterman

Post subject: Re: Guess this wood and win a

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:46 pm

Mahogany

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looks like "black granadillo", a wood very often used to make castantas for flamenco.
also reminds me a bit of some really dark Jatoba i have seen recently.

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