{"id":2494,"date":"2019-02-09T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2019-02-06T22:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T03:39:59","slug":"mystery-wood-is-it-bubinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/mystery-wood-is-it-bubinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Wood – Is It Bubinga?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
My Dad bought a fairly large lot of wood at an auction in the shop of a wood turner who lived hear him. Most of the wood was relatively small pieces and most all of it was unidentified, and much of it unidentifiable, at least by me. This is one of the pieces from that lot.<\/p>\n
The wood was pinkish and roughly cut, not at all square, but without any bark present. There were significant checks in one face, so I made that the front figuring that I could cut out most of the checking, which I was able to do. The most interesting aspects of this piece though, which measured about 7 inches each side by about 1 inch, was the wild swirling grain and the distinct chatoyant “flame” or “tiger stripe” features throughout. The chatoyancy is highly visible under good light at the right angle, but it is very difficult to photograph successfully. I did that best that I could.<\/p>\n