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Can any of you identify this wood? (nextcloud.kessel.hya.sk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I found it in a forest in Jura mountains (France). Do you think I could make an axe handle out of it?

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[–] Chais 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could also be oak?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't look like oak to me. For oak, I look for medullary rays that would appear running perpendicular to the rings on the end grain. I don't see any of those.

[–] Chais 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks