Any clues what this is

[richardwale]

Nope sorry, it ain't yew. Different bark, pith and weight. I have a lot of yew and its a different wood. 100%

[se7enthdevil]

you asked mate.

 

split it in half and lets have a look.

[Steve Bullman]

Doesn't look anything like Yew to me....to me, to you

[richardwale]

I can see why folk say it's yew, I'll split it tomorrow and post a split yew log and this one ?

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, richardwale said:

I can see why folk say it's yew, I'll split it tomorrow and post a split yew log and this one ?

I'm on the edge of my seat ...

[richardwale]

Pretty tense this end I can tell ya!

[stihlmadasever]

6 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I'm on the edge of my seat ...

Sad git ?

[se7enthdevil]

1 hour ago, richardwale said:

I can see why folk say it's yew, I'll split it tomorrow and post a split yew log and this one ?

could you get some clear photos of the bark (undamaged) and the pith and also a closeup of the endgrain timber cleanly cut so i can see the structure of the wood.

 

i take it there were no bits of foliage?

 

Edited July 20, 2018 by se7enthdevil

[Steve Bullman]

14 hours ago, woody paul said:

Box elder.

Personally I don’t think this is a bad call.

 

id take that over yew anyway.  Ready to be proven wrong though 

[Gary Prentice]

Looks more like Malus, with a lot of degradation of the sapwood. Fruitwood anyway, but not cherry.