Wood for Shutters

[jteneyck]

I have never heard for Utile/Sipo but I would have guessed mahogany if this was a "what kind of wood is this" post.

It's sometimes called Sipo Mahogany, and it sure looks like genuine mahogany.  I have never used it before.  It's not too heavy, but it seems quite a bit harder than genuine mahogany, not a bad thing IMO.  I plan to take a piece of scrap and see how it looks with a furniture type finish.  If it's harder than genuine mahogany and looks good, I'll consider it more desirable for furniture/cabinet projects.  I hate how soft genuine mahogany is, at least the stuff I've used.  

John