On 20 Sep 2005 17:11:12 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote:

We just returned from Southern Lumber in San Jose,
where three experts couldn't decide between Teak,
Walnut and Mahogany ("low probability"). There's
a 40-year old varnish over the wood that makes id
difficult. (The miller said he could tell by the
smell if he cut the piece in half. "No, thanks.")

The following are links to three photos, two of
the top and one of the bottom.

http://webpages.charter.net/slishman/wood1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/slishman/wood2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/slishman/wood3.jpg

If anyone knows for sure what the kind is,
please share the id and the decisive clues.

Many thanks,
Gordon

P.S. The photos will remain until October.

Looks like walnut to me. Looks a lot like a couple of 1960s era TV
cabinets my dad converted by taking out the innards and installing
walnut doors and drawers. There must be at least three of these in
different rooms in my mom's house.

Dave Hall

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who
have not got it." -- G.B. Shaw