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   Sphere | Jul 12, 2008 02:58am | #1

   Looks like freakin mahogony to me, Jim.

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   reinvent | Jul 12, 2008 03:49am | #2

   Is freakin mahogany a close relative of honduras mahogany?

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   Sphere | Jul 12, 2008 04:10am | #3

   Like a bruddah.

   Actually a quick googly showed me that it IS mis-named on some sites, AKA Sapele and such. The ONLY way to discern it from true Sweitienia Macrophylla is a hand lens and eng grain cut off..and Switienia Africanus ( I think) is yet again away from Honduras.

   I miss Jon Arno from FWW and Knots, that guy knew his chid-lin and kindlin. I'd have to venture and say Tony is wrong, it os NOT a Luan or Luaun, or Obeche, or a Phillipene Mahog, and certainly is not a Spanish Cedar..my take from the foto is a True (swietienia) African species, but I could be wrong as well.

   I've used TONS of Hondouran Mahog in luthierie, and the pores are much smaller in that, the OP has some serious "brashsness" and or poroisty, like a fast grown tree, almost plantation looking.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   MisterT | Jul 12, 2008 05:26am | #4

   I dint say it was luan I sayed it looks like luanand where is afarica any hoo??.
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   Sphere | Jul 12, 2008 05:43am | #5

   Dont be gettin testes now, I have a mock up pic my soon to be famouse muntin detail..gonna make me post it now?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   Sphere | Jul 12, 2008 05:56pm | #6

   Excellent Photos!!!

   My God, that is a true Mahog. Not a Phillipene..no way.

   I have to admit, the coarse ness of the finished result looked suspicious..but I am thinking that the African is MUCHO denser than the Honduran, or ( ack) Phillipeno..good wood!

   BTW the lack of HUGE stoma is the clue, African grows in much drier ( for the most part) conditions, and the PIPES that carry the H20 get looking like that ( the white deposits) , the Philastines (G) are wide open and clearer, with out the salts that make the white specks from desert dry..

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