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09-08-2016, 07:39 PM
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I bought this wood many years ago from a central KY wood mill. They said it was hard maple and it was in 2x2 plus in 24" lengths. I have used most of it over the years and have always wondered if it really was maple. It has a very fine grain and is hard like maple, but the sapwood is more yellowish and the heart wood is not the same brown as maple. Almost looks like hickory, but the end grain is different from the hickory that I have worked with. What ever it is, I am sure it comes from KY.
![[Image: Wood13.jpg]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Wood13.jpg)
![[Image: Wood24.jpg]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Wood24.jpg)
There is some tear out from hand planing with a not so sharp iron
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Kentucky Coffeetree?
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The coffee tree lumber I have seen has grain very similar to oak so I don't this thats it.
I got this from Rockyhill Lumber down in Munfordville about 6 -7 years ago.
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That bigger piece with the hole sure looks like hickory to me.
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Plenty of
Hickory in Kentucky.
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The end grain, which is proof positive for any type wood, says it hickory.
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Does hickory give off a slight potpourri smell when cut?
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The Wood Database lists 7 different Hickories, and none are stated to have any characteristic odor. The Hickories I have used I would have to agree with that, sometimes I know it's Hickory, just not 100% of which one. Woods with different species are like that sometimes.
I can smell cedars, and the spicy smell on cocobolo, and that's about it. Sometimes people on here talk about odors that I can't smell. 42 years of those darn cigs ruined my sniffer. Now burning it I can smell different odors on many woods, probably goes back to the cigs
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Honey Locust? It's hard. Sapwood is yellow. End grain is very similar.
![[Image: honey-locust-endgrain-gw.jpg]](http://www.wood-database.com/wp-content/uploads/honey-locust-endgrain-gw.jpg)
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I agree that the piece on the left in the picture definitely looks like Hickory. Also, I don't know about the Wood Database but Hickory has a very distinctive smell when worked and I'm also a smoker. It's not offensive but neither is it pleasant, at least to me.
