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[oily]

Have no clue what wood this is. My guess comparing to a piece I had with a positive ID I think it's Cyprus,
It's quite hard (eats blades) and the saw dust is more like small grains of sand.
It's as nice to cut as BB. Wish I had ton of it.

[NC Scroller]

I would say Ash. Cypress does not cut that hard.

[cedarguy]

Looks like sasafrass to me. I trimmed a house inside with sasafrass once, looks kinda like oak when finished.

[Hawaiilad]

Oily, you sure that's not silver or white oak? I am using it to make bandsaw boxes and it looks the same

[NHokpic]

When I first looked at it, I thought oak or ash because they both look the same. But a closer look will determine between oak and ash. Although oak and ash look the same, a close look will make a positive ID. Oak has an open grain while ash grain is closed. Look very close at the dark areas or patterns. If you have a smooth area, it's ash. If you have what appears to be deep open areas, open grain spells oak.

[Mick Walker]

Oak has a definite odor to it, kind of a sour smell.

[ubgoofy2003]

Oily, if it is Cypress, those grains are very hard. My brother gave me some & I cut a picture & frame from it. It is nice cutting, but, watch the grain when you cross it with the blade. Looks like some nice wood for you.

[oily]

By the smell I don't think it's oak. If not cypress I would lean to ash

[w.2014.h]

I would say its Ash. I have used a lot of it and it has the very open arches in the grain