What is it ?

[Ptofimpact]

Very hard, heavy, difficult to cut, tried a small bowl, gave up

 

[McRabbet]

If one of the small pieces sink in a bowl of water, it could be Lignum vitae. which is one of the hardest and densest wood known.

 

[BWhitney]

It looks similar to a piece of Bradbury Pear that I tried to work with. Screws would break, even with pilot holes.

 

[Ptofimpact]

If one of the small pieces sink in a bowl of water, it could be Lignum vitae. which is one of the hardest and densest wood known.

Thanks will try the sink method

 

[Hmerkle]

I am thinking elm... but looks like spalted maple...

I hate the "Guess my wood from a picture" Game! LOL

 

[Gofor]

Just a guess, but it looks like some pecan I had in the yard after it air dried for several years. Pecan is often classified as hickory by some wood sellers.

 

[Ptofimpact]

I am thinking elm... but looks like spalted maple...

I hate the "Guess my wood from a picture" Game! LOL

Sorry Hank

 

[Ptofimpact]

Well it Floats, McRabbet

 

[RobS.]

Looks like some old sweet gum boards I used to have.

 

[McRabbet]

Well it Floats, McRabbet

My guess was on a whim -- I have an old deadeye from a merchant schooner's rigging that was sunk in Lake Ontario during the War of 1812 -- same dark coloration and it does sink.

 

[Mike Davis]

I love turning Lignum Vitae and have never found a wood that I couldn't turn.
I did bend a 3/8 thick bowl scraper on some 100 year old oak burl.
That was what lead me to build my Oland tool.

 

[Ptofimpact]

My guess was on a whim -- I have an old deadeye from a merchant schooner's rigging that was sunk in Lake Ontario during the War of 1812 -- same dark coloration and it does sink.

Thank you

 

[Ptofimpact]

I love turning Lignum Vitae and have never found a wood that I couldn't turn.
I did bend a 3/8 thick bowl scraper on some 100 year old oak burl.
That was what lead me to build my Oland tool.

Mike I am a newbie to turning, so most pblms are due to lack of skill, but whatever this wood is, shall not try it again, until maybe my skill improves
Thank you

 

[Mike Davis]

Sorry, I thought you were one of the big time famous turners...
Most often it is not turning skill but sharpening technique that is the problem.
I find the harder the wood the better it turns.

 

[Ptofimpact]

Sorry, I thought you were one of the big time famous turners...
Most often it is not turning skill but sharpening technique that is the problem.
I find the harder the wood the better it turns.

No worries, your post, replies are most informative and welcomed