Judging by the small pores, Indian. Love that purple
Does it smell a bit like tar? I have a purple set that does.
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| Author: | DennisK [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:13 am ] |
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Judging by the small pores, Indian. Love that purple Does it smell a bit like tar? I have a purple set that does.
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:57 am ] |
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French rosewood? I don't know, but it looks tasty! |
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| Author: | Herr Dalbergia [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:03 am ] |
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I would also tend to east Indian Rosewood |
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| Author: | klooker [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:57 am ] |
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So, you don't know what it is, or is this a test? Kevin Looker |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:08 pm ] |
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Not sure what it is, but I can never get that nice a finish with my lawn mower. Alex |
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| Author: | B. Howard [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:34 pm ] |
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Not pink ivory........ 
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| Author: | MikeyV [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:43 pm ] |
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That purple color screams D. maritima... |
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| Author: | klooker [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:52 pm ] |
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What about the smell? You know what EIR & Bois de Rose smell like. Kevin Looker |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:58 pm ] |
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Bois de Rose, That's the ticket |
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| Author: | Goodin [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:45 pm ] |
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Joe Beaver wrote: Bois de Rose, That's the ticket That's what I was thinking. |
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| Author: | Randolph [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:50 pm ] |
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Another one for Boise de Rose..... |
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| Author: | fingerstyle1978 [ Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:44 pm ] |
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Boise De Rose for sure. I've been staring at the stuff for weeks. I hope it wouldn't have been big enough for B&S sets before you cut it up! |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:50 am ] |
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fingerstyle1978 wrote: Boise De Rose for sure. I've been staring at the stuff for weeks. I hope it wouldn't have been big enough for B&S sets before you cut it up! 60x2x13" ought to get at least 4 back and side sets, maybe 8. But judging by that endgrain shot, it's highly unlikely that a bois de rose tree would have been that large of diameter. If it was, it would be worth a fortune. I still say the pores are too small. Indian is the only rosewood with pores like that, and it does come in purple occasionally. But large forest grown Indian boards are rare too, because of the "finished product" export restriction. I'd love to get a harp guitar set from it. What's the density? Bois de rose and Indian are pretty close though, so it won't be a good way to differentiate between them. And I still want to know what it smells like. Bois de rose is like honey and roses, almost better than Brazilian. Indian is highly variable and usually not as good. Sometimes it smells fairly floral, but usually with a bit of elephant dung mixed in. And as I said before, the purple set I have smells like tar. |
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| Author: | fingerstyle1978 [ Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:57 am ] |
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Well he said he got it from an estate sale and so chances are its super old. So it's possible that it could be Boise de Rose. It's beautiful whatever it is. |
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| Author: | klooker [ Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:03 am ] |
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I dug into my stash & found some of each. They were sitting on top of each other so the Bois de Rose smelled like EIR, sort of ironic. Anyhow, here are pics of each. I say it's EIR because of the pores. Kevin Looker |
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