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Can any of you identify this wood? (nextcloud.kessel.hya.sk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Skia@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I found it in a forest in Jura mountains (France). Do you think I could make an axe handle out of it?

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could also be oak?

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't look like oak to me. For oak, I look for medullary rays that would appear running perpendicular to the rings on the end grain. I don't see any of those.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks