Can anyone identify this wood?

bay · 18-06-2015 12:41PM #1

Hi guys, I just recently bought this waist height umbrella/walking stick stand in a charity shop. I intend to restore it and have sanded down a portion which you can see in the photo, it seems like there was a stain put on it by the difference of colour. Does anyone have any idea what wood this is? thanks!

recipio · 18-06-2015 07:27PM

Looks like oak to me. For some reason it was a popular wood to make umbrella stands from in the 1930 's.

knickerbocker · 18-06-2015 07:32PM

My vote would be on oak too.......... end grain would tell all!

Boiled-egg · 24-06-2015 11:12AM

I'd say oak

johnd123 · 28-06-2015 10:45AM

looks like oak try a little saw cut with a hand saw and wet the cut with water and run the saw through the wet cut leave the wet saw for a little while and you will probably get a blue/black stain on it from the tannin in the oak

bay · 01-07-2015 03:47PM

thanks for the replies guys. On a related note would any of you know what stain is on it ? I have it sanded down to the oak and want to recreate the same stain. Im thinking its probably a dark oak stain or possibly ebony?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img537/8638/2lS2y4.jpg

Can anyone identify this wood?

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