Name this hardwood

Here's a restoration project for my Son in Law, my daughter doesn't like it but I think he has a good eye for a young fella. He snatched this table from the discard lot at an estate sale. It was awfully rough at the time, here it is after several hours of prep & two coats of Danish oil finish it's looking to have some potential.

Completion isn't due till Christmas so another dozen coats of finish & some few hours with 0000 steel wool ought to make it a nice piece.

I'm guessing it's Walnut, Any opinions.

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What gauge strings do think might be appropriate? I'm guessing Medium 80/20s. Whuddya think?

Is that the natural color, or is it stained? Is it just clear coat on it? It could be peckerwood.

West

Ok Mr Smarty pants, I guess the pictures are not clear enough to illustrate the beautiful bookmark down the center, the intricate but subtle figuring in the various veneers, and the delicate feather like effect of the inlays.

It's not that much of a stretch.

That's a pretty piece, Jeff. Pardon my ignorance, but I presume you're serious about "a dozen coats of finish"? Is that really what it takes? Sounds a little daunting.

Ok Jeff, I'll take a shot....mahogany with walnut inlay?

West

It looks to me like stained oak from what I can see from the pics. The grain looks a little to course for walnut or mahogany. Of course I could be wrong again, I was once before in 1947.

Jim

John Said

I presume you're serious about "a dozen coats of finish"?

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Maybe not a dozen but surely 8 or 10. It takes forever to fill the grain with oil finish. Fillers don't seem to work very well for me on refinish jobs.

Laquer is easier, usually only takes me 3 or 4 coats, it's not very durable for table tops.

stlpikn said:

It looks to me like stained oak from what I can see from the pics. The grain looks a little to course for walnut or mahogany. Of course I could be wrong again, I was once before in 1947.

Jim

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ditto -- except for the 1947 part. I was wrong yesterday when I didn't buy a guitar in Minneapolis.

Comparing the woods used with some of My rifle stocks, the grain is very similar to walnut.

Walnut would be My guess. :wink:

Looks like Oak with perhaps walnut inlay to me.

Since this is an old piece and it probably darkened a lot with age I would initially agree with the mahogany. w/ walnut inlay but something in the close up picture makes me think its walnut with rosewood inlay. Just something in the grainpattern..dunno.

You probably shouldn’t post things like this...it will prompt me to start a woodworking section which might never end.