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Don Williams
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No NEL guys allowed to answer....

Hint: It smells a little like a wood we all love that comes from Brazil...





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Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't have given that hint?





But, the answer is "no."

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No...not black acacia.

Who will get the Tub O' Lard?

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Honduran Rosewood.

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I'm not allowed to guess, but here is another shot:



it's good stuff!
And it has much more color under finish than the pictures show.

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Not Honduran RW.

Definitely not d. triceritopsia.

But it is a dalbergia.

Not d. sarcophagusia either.

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Tasmania Blackwood?

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Hesh already guessed that...

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Ya, I was just looking at that and thought they were the same thing, just after I hit the button.

So, I guess that's it than eh?

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How bout we call it Ethel

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Dalbergia stevensonii (Honduras Rosewood) ?

But if it is, it is a LOT more interesting than most boards.

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Tulipwood; dalbergia frutescens. Sometimes known by another Latin name that I forget.

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