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Can anyone identify this wood?

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  • 18-06-2015 12:41pm
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    bay
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    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!


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


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


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    knickerbocker
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭knickerbocker


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


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    Boiled-egg
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Boiled-egg


    I'd say oak


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    johnd123
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭johnd123


    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


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    bay
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭bay


    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


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