Name this wood.....Tim

[DarwinStrings]

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Why should we have all the fun. Tim's Name that wood threads have got me re-inspired to have a look around me so I have been spending a bit of time with botany book and saw in hand bush walking.

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[Stephen Kinnaird]

Jim, that sure looks like African Blackwood.
However, that seems too obvious.
I'll just hang around till someone knowledgable answers....

Steve

[Dennis Leahy]

Yes, I agree, "saw in hand bush walking" is a red herring! That's African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) or I am a monkey's uncle (Pan troglodytes unclebobii.)

[liam_fnq]

If there's African Blackwood trees along the bushwalking tracks in Darwin I'll be driving the ute up with a chainsaw and some of those sexy chaps you get to wear.

[Kim]

Australian Ebony diospyros humilis and diospyros ferrea varieties, yours would most likely be the later Jim.

Edit: Ferrea appears to be a synonym of Humilis just an older botanical listing for the same plant which is a true member of the Diospyros family with the common name 'Australian Ebony'

Cheers

Kim

[DarwinStrings]

African blackwood, I wish. At about $700us a set finding it in the bush is about the only way I could see myself building with that. It does look a bit the same though from what I have seen of it (pics only).

I though I may get lucky enough to a couple of two piece fret boards out of this but no such luck, the best I will do is maybe some nice book matched head plates and maybe a bridge or two if I include a sapwood stripe.

Kim was close enough for the bush though as without flowers and fruit it would be hard to pinpoint the exact species.

There are 6 different Diospyros up here, the three I have info on are D. littorea (mangrove community) D. Maritima (coastal vine thicket) and D compacta (coastal vine thicket and inland as well).

This one is D.compacta judging on where it came from and its growth habit. I might get lucky in the future and find a bit suitable for a fret board

Jim

[kiwigeo]

Looks like the Adelaide - Darwin rail line is missing one of its sleepers.

[TimS]

I missed that one. I was at the Wood show in Perth trying to educate the masses.

regards

Tim

[DarwinStrings]

Next time I will leave it till later in the day Tim. I have a few more species that I am searching for at the moment but I have to walk further along the railway tracks to get them (and pick the days when the train is not running). They should be much better for fret board/bridges as they are bigger trees than the Diospyros.

[Dennis Leahy]

Toejam wrote:

Dennis, that would make you a apes uncle

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OK. I'll try to evolve.

Dennis

[kiwigeo]

Hang on if thats supposed to be The Garden of Eden......shouldn't one of those humans be male???

[Dennis Leahy]

Note that the girl on the left has a tail - looks prehensile too! So, maybe these are proto-humans, and the females of this species simply appear a "bit" more evolved than the two small males. May have to check with Lillian for a ruling on this, but my wife would agree!

Dennis

[kiwigeo]

You dont have to be evolved to enjoy the company of a woman.....my wife would agree on this.

[sebastiaan56]

Between Tim's fence and Jim's railway tracks....

[Lillian]

kiwigeo wrote:
You dont have to be evolved to enjoy the company of a woman.....my wife would agree on this.


It works for me.



Um, wait, we are talking about being marooned on a desert island right?

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[JJ model]

so its the female first and later the male evolved.