mystery wood - cherry?

[snedeker]

A neighbor gave me a board of the wood in the middle of the pic.  Didn't know what it was.  I thought maybe cherry, although the 4/4, 6" wide, 48" board felt pretty heavy.  For comparison, left is ash, right is black locust.  I'm going to try it backed with ash, 66" long, straight reflexed.  1&5/8"wide.  Not oak or hickory

Dave

[TimothyR]

How long is the black locust?

[Hamish]

Hard to tell from the photo, I would need to see a close up of the grain, and the end grain. It doesn't look like cherry, as it appears to have

rays like an oak.

Cherry is diffuse porous. Look on the end grain, there will be a ring but it shouldn't look like its different in texture to the wood on either side. If the ring has a different texture, then its ring porous wood like oak, ash, locust.

[Pat B]

Hey, Dave. Welcome back.  Could it be ipe? If so it would be a good belly wood.

[Dances with squirrels]

Not ipe. Not cherry.

Looks like oak.

Would like to see the end cut.

[snedeker]

The black locust slat is 68" long.    May you are right on oak..  White oak.  I had been thinking red,  The pinkish hue made me think maybe not. goes with white oak?
Maybe I'll still try it back with ash.  Will actually be sturdier than cherry and that explains the heavy feel

[PaSteve]

My first thought was oak also.

[Pat B]

White oak makes a good backing and the locust a good belly if you tiller gingerly.

[bownarra]

Cherry is diffuse porous, so is ipe. Definitely not either of them.
From a quick look it looks like oak of some sort (as the other have said).
Get yourself a wood identification books - it will give you the tools to identify wood yourself.

[snedeker]

Thanks!  Hi Pat!

[snedeker]

Whats a good wood stain to use for a creamy, pinkish white oak?