wood ID (here it is Nolan)

[Russianwolf]

This is a blank that was included in a pack from Nolan that was sharpie labeled what looked like "Maria". It looks a good bit like African Padauk but that's not what it was labeled. So any guesses before Nolan shows up and makes us all look stupid?:wink:

 

[leehljp]

Looks like some Narra that I have seen. Narra has a variety of reds and oranges and yellows. Narra is also wood that give us amboyna burls. At least that is how locals often refer to amboyna burls - in translation.

The name "Maria" could easily be confused with a quickly written "Narra".

 

[rdunn12]

I agree,Looks like Narra.

 

[mick]

I'll third that!

 

[bobskio2003]

Hate to burst people's bubbles but it could very easily be Maria (or sometimes called Santa Maria or Calaba). I didn't find a picture of the wood in my quick search but check out http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_2/calophyllum/calaba.htm and towards the bottom you'll find a description of the wood. Bob I.

 

[Nolan]

DIng Ding Ding NARRA I guess I need to slow down and write a little clearer.:biggrin:

This is a blank that was included in a pack from Nolan that was sharpie labeled what looked like "Maria". It looks a good bit like African Padauk but that's not what it was labeled. So any guesses before Nolan shows up and makes us all look stupid?:wink:

 

[Russianwolf]

DIng Ding Ding NARRA I guess I need to slow down and write a little clearer.:biggrin:

That N had one to many lines in it there Nolan. :biggrin: the color and smell was screaming Pterocarpus to me, but I never second guess you on the name, mainly cause I don't know anywhere near enough (for all I knew, you had started naming individual trees "this one came from Maria, this one from Evelyn.....)

Thanks guys. She'll be in the wood library later today.

 

[Nolan]

My wood is personal but not that personal LOL

(for all I knew, you had started naming individual trees "this one came from Maria, this one from Evelyn.....)