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Hi I'm Brian, i'm new to pen turing,

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Hello Brian
I can't help you with your question, but you will definitely get an answer from some one on here. Welcome to the forum. Happy turning:thumbs:

Regards

Craig
 

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Hi and welcome Brian. Ask as many questions as you like.

The wood you have shown at first glance looks a bit like some Oak I have without some other veiws of it like end grain and maybe another face preferable one at right angles to this face.
 

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The appearance of Merbeau an Indonesian timber used for decking,heavy very light pink in the timber,very close grained.

Welcome Brian we all enjoy some venture with timber,welcome from Australia.

Peter.
 

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Welcome to the forum Brian. With regards to identifying the Timber, a couple more photos as Derek has suggested would be a big help.
 

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Hi Brian - welcome to the Forum. A little more distance between lens and timber would be helpful, along with some end grain perhaps. We're looking at what is effectively a magnified view, so it's difficult to tell.
 

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Hi Brian,
Welcome to the pen forum.
Your wood pics has the markings of being Peroba Rosa, (common name palo rosa). It is widely used in kitchen making and surface tops of lab table tops. A good hard type of wood, suited well to pen turning. Sand down to 600 grit, seal the wood and sand again. One finish coat of sealer and finish your pen with a coat of wax.
It can, if the wood is capable, give you a deep grain type of finish to the surface.
Kelvin
 

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Hi Brian and welcome.. The wood is 100% iroko ! :winking:
There you go Brian. You are newly joined here, so you won't be aware that [MENTION=216]lignaterrae[/MENTION] has probably forgotten more about different timbers than the rest of us collectively knew in the first place. I think you are more than safe to assume it's iroko, and I'd be extremely surprised to learn that it isn't.
 

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There you go Brian. You are newly joined here, so you won't be aware that [MENTION=216]lignaterrae[/MENTION] has probably forgotten more about different timbers than the rest of us collectively knew in the first place. I think you are more than safe to assume it's iroko, and I'd be extremely surprised to learn that it isn't.

+1 for what Phil said
 

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I have some Iroko and it is very close to this sample as well as from this angle some Merbeau, You are more likely to get Iroko so yes I agree anyway with Ligna the great.

Peter.
 
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