Can you help identify type of wood ? - Collecting Tiki

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Jun 9, 2006 3:42 PM It is Most likley Monkey pod, but it Also looks like Phillipine Mahogany. There are several other species that look like this too, BUT Most salad bowls were carved from Monkeypod I Think. Here are a couple links for wood ID http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mahogany/%20philippine.htm and http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/monkey%20pod.htm http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm is the link to the main page. This guy has collected thousands of wood pictures and posts identifications of hundreds of trees with detailed info on some more common species. [ Edited by: Benzart 2006-06-09 15:56 ]

It is Most likley Monkey pod, but it Also looks like Phillipine Mahogany. There are several other species that look like this too, BUT Most salad bowls were carved from Monkeypod I Think.
Here are a couple links for wood ID
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mahogany/%20philippine.htm
and
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/monkey%20pod.htm

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm
is the link to the main page. This guy has collected thousands of wood pictures and posts identifications of hundreds of trees with detailed info on some more common species.

[ Edited by: Benzart 2006-06-09 15:56 ]

Post #237008 by Benzart on Fri, Jun 9, 2006 3:42 PM