The lady at the lumber dealer said this was ostrichwood. Is she pulling my leg?
-
2I'm afraid that species has gone the way of the Dodo. I wouldn't want to egg you on, but I can't help EMUlating your approach.– user5572Mar 27, 2020 at 4:58
-
2I'd like to oPINE on this topic, but the conversation wood splinter off.– Aloysius DefenestrateMar 27, 2020 at 16:34
-
3This conversation has lumbered off in the wrong direction. It's a knotty problem, that's for sure.– user5572Mar 27, 2020 at 17:50
-
2Given the size of the 2x4 and the nature of the question, should Greg be ostrich-sized?– ewmMar 30, 2020 at 21:12
-
2Nah, he's a good egg, even if he comes across a bit cheep. We birds of a feather need to stick together.– user5572Apr 1, 2020 at 20:20
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
Wood ID questions are off-topic, but in this case we seem to have made an exception. I think it is clear from your very good picture that this is not ostrichwood.
You don't say where you are in the world, but given the grain structure this looks like emuwood.
Provide a picture of the end-grain so we can be sure, or just take a look at a quarter-sawn end: ostrichwood has two "toes" running down the grain, whereas emuwood has three.
-
-
Oh, I might have really laid an egg that time. Oh well. We'll see if the nest of the community downvotes this answer because I'm such a bird-brain.– user5572Jun 30, 2020 at 14:08