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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on February 7, 2015 at 1:50am

tropical woods don't have annular or growth rings. These are areas where the cells are of different sizes. On a ring porous wood like oak, you can look at the end of it & see really big pores that get progressively smaller, then get real big again. It's just reflecting the growth cycle. In the spring, they grow a lot & the pores are bigger. In the summer, as there is less water, they grow smaller & in the winter, they're smaller & tighter yet. In typical years, you'll see one ring per year. Drought & fires can set a tree back to where it will have a second or even a 3d ring in a year.

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on February 7, 2015 at 1:54am

Mahogany under the microscope.. hence the fine dark grain lines as you sand through it.

(I believe for mahogany it depends on the cut and where it's from, i.e climate)

My guess is Brazil as I have some very similar..

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Permalink Reply by Mark on February 8, 2015 at 3:11pm

It does look like mahogany!!

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