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 Post subject: Wood Identification?
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Someone gave me some veneer sheets. I know that one is bubinga and one is leopard/lace wood, but I don't know what the other one is. Any Idea? ...birch maybe?


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The top one could be oak, maybe catalpa.
The one with peanut figure in the middle of the second photo is tamo ash.

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The first picture is a close up of the one in the middle in the second picture...

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Wow. Big diff. Backside of the veneer?

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farther down on the piece...

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Chris, I think you are right, Tamo Ash...

https://www.wood-database.com/tamo-ash/

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Personally, I've never worked with any tamo ash. It looks interesting, that's for sure.

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