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Was given this wood today

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It was approx 800mm square and 15mm thick, a laminated panel of some sort, The guy said it was rosewood and I was very sceptical but having cut it along the joints today I've changed my mind.
The dark sections look, feel and smell a bit like cocobolo, shavings are orange and I'm convinced the lighter sections are the same timber so can only think it's sapwood perhaps. :nooidea:

It's all pretty hard and heavy and the panel had been stained on one side. Any thoughts anyone?
 

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The grain looks very similar to some rosewood i have Bob, only that yours is a tad lighter in colour .. :thumbs:

Great snatch by the way .. :winking:
 

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It wasn't part of a medieval tableau and you have ripped it apart?:funny:

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Now there's a thought:thinks:

C'mon you lot, don't you know anything:nooidea: I need to know!
What confuses me is the big difference between light and dark wood.

It looks a lot like a Rosewood.
The little "pitting" in the grain is quite indicative.
A lot of the Rosewoods have a very contrasting difference between the heartwood and sapwood.
Look at some of woody's Blackwood stuff! (Dalbergia melanoxolon) The heartwood is black, but the sapwood is very light.
 
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Never easy from photos but it does look like Sheeshan Rosewood (aka Sissoo Rosewood), Dalbergia sissoo, from India. Seen a lot these days in (fairly) cheap but poorish quality of furniture imported from India. The wide pale sapwood is very characteristic.
 

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Never easy from photos but it does look like Sheeshan Rosewood (aka Sissoo Rosewood), Dalbergia sissoo, from India. Seen a lot these days in (fairly) cheap but poorish quality of furniture imported from India. The wide pale sapwood is very characteristic.

Many thanks for that, a sensible answer (what are you doing on THIS forum?:funny:). I haven't heard of that wood so will do some research.
The wood panel wouldn't be recent as I believe he's had it for a number of years.
 

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I stick my nose in anywhere I can rabbit on about wood!!
By 'these days' I'm meaning in the last 10 years or so. Quite variable in appearance but it's good timber and can be really attractive, shame some of the furniture it's made into can be so crappy, it deserves better.
Looking for some myself so if your friend has any more stuck away, point him in my direction!


Many thanks for that, a sensible answer (what are you doing on THIS forum?:funny:). I haven't heard of that wood so will do some research.
The wood panel wouldn't be recent as I believe he's had it for a number of years.
 

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Never easy from photos but it does look like Sheeshan Rosewood (aka Sissoo Rosewood), Dalbergia sissoo, from India. Seen a lot these days in (fairly) cheap but poorish quality of furniture imported from India. The wide pale sapwood is very characteristic.

Spot on. Saw this post last night and was struggling to recall what exactly it was and where I had seen it. Off to trade in a shopping centre in Germany for a couple of weeks and one of the shopkeepers there trades the most awful examples of the described poor quality crap, truly awful.
 
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