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My Brother stopped by today and gave me this, he picked it from an old barn.
It's 8/4 X 11" at it's widest and 5' long, It looks to be flat sawn.

Was it a tobacco bar?

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Sorry...forgot to ask. Any idea what it might be?

Claro walnut, perhaps? Sand it a bit and give it a whiff.

Not sure what to do with it... maybe a little squirrely for acoustics, aside from decorative things (headplates, rosettes, etc.). If you build electrics, you can get a lot of nice carve tops.

Craziest post I've ever seen!

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looks like some kind of rosewood, maybe cocobolo?

Its a little known species "Antiguea Barniclius " I believe is the Latin Term !

Nice Gift !

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I've built many a guitar from barn finds. In fact I still have probably 30 guitars worth of Imbuia I scored from a barn in Indiana. Cherry, Walnut seem to be popular barn finds. I have a barn in my back yard that's about 80 years old and fallen down. The planks are Oak and I've built a few electric guitars and furniture out of

The piece you have looks dark, any idea what it might be?

Guitar and table from a barn

One clue would be where the barn was.
Looks pretty dark for black walnut. Claro maybe? Pretty stuff.

probably an old barn in brazil, and of course it is brazilain rosewood, like all these old boards appearing on this board these days

Sorry...I was just looking for a little help

Sorry for what big guy ? Can ya run it through a planer and get a better look at it , whats it smell like ? weight? Dont toss in towel my friend . Someone smarter than me may know

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I'm sorry too Scott, for my remark.
Get a little closer picture, maybe sand or scrape a clean section, and I promise to give it a better try with identification.
Where are you? The part of the country the barn was in could give an indication of what kind of wood may have been used. Lots of times old barns were built with local trees.

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