Too nice for firewood?

[DGB]

Good morning all,

 

A friend of mine popped by yesterday and dropped off a section of trunk he picked up from a site he was working on. 

Having recently moved into a house with a wood burner he knew I was on the lookout for wood to season.

 

Anyway the section looks too nice to me to split and I was thinking of wood projects instead.

 

Can you help me identify what species of wood this is as without a leaf to guide me I'm stuffed?

 

Many thanks

Damien 

[Lowestoft Firewood]

Ash I'd say 

[Chopsdaly]

Yep !!! Looks like ash.

[gobbypunk]

Yep if its Ash and fresh cut the pinkyness will fade away with time

[DGB]

Hi gobbypunk,

 

Is the pink colouring when cut unique to ash?

 

Might help me identify other pieces in the future.

 

Thanks

[nepia]

I'm sure @gobbypunk  will reply too but no, ash isn't the only wood that can display pink.  It's quite common in small amounts.  One that comes to mind that has it in spathes is Cotoneaster.

[muttley9050]

I think Ash too. Looks like a nice lump for tool handles

[trigger_andy]

Looks like a nice piece of firewood to me.