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Default What wood is this?

Doug Miller wrote:
In article .com,
"dpb" wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:24 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"Don Wiss" wrote in message

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We have photographed and measured it. But what is the wood?

I vote for oak, but I'm not 100% sure. ...


I vote for oak, too. Specifically, it's white oak, and I'm
virtually 100% sure


You're virtually 100% mistaken, too. That absolutely is not oak of
any sort,
especially not white oak. The photograph shows vertical grain,
which in any
oak, would show significant ray flakes ...

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Except, of course in rift sawn oak. Which is (IMO) what this
is...rift sawn white oak.

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