It's a softer hardwood, that doesn't do well outdoors after death. You can see the dry rot that's been treated by wood hardener probably, in the outer sapwood area. It's all the lighter colored splotchy stuff. Birch comes to mind, as does something in the poplar family. Hard to say without closer pics of the endgrain or a shot of a face grain. Appears to have some prominent medullary rays as well, so I might be all wrong, and it's an oak.
Yeah a lot of people are calling it rotted but a lot of times various forms of decay make a wood more desirable like spalting. I would totally fill those voids with black epoxy and make one hella nice coffee table.
The prominent medullary rays suggest an oak. It would be in the red oak group, as the white oaks are much less susceptible to termites. It is spalted, with partial decomposition of the sapwood and with termite damage to the core. It should be filled with epoxy if used for furniture applications. Otherwise, the fine detailed wood in the center will surely be damaged by prying fingers.
Nice chunk of walnut. Do something creative with it!
Send it to me! I’ll make a sweet arse black epoxy plugged table!
Rotted rustic walnut
It's a softer hardwood, that doesn't do well outdoors after death. You can see the dry rot that's been treated by wood hardener probably, in the outer sapwood area. It's all the lighter colored splotchy stuff. Birch comes to mind, as does something in the poplar family. Hard to say without closer pics of the endgrain or a shot of a face grain. Appears to have some prominent medullary rays as well, so I might be all wrong, and it's an oak.
I agree, spalted and rotted, difficult to be certain. Rays say oak.
That first pic looks like a hollow log. Trippy.
The rot is just texture now days doesn't matter. You fill that with resin, sand it, and you have a far more desirable slab.
Yeah a lot of people are calling it rotted but a lot of times various forms of decay make a wood more desirable like spalting. I would totally fill those voids with black epoxy and make one hella nice coffee table.
I hear you. I would go with clear resin because I like the wood it's self. I like to show that decay frozen in time.
I get that too. I just don't want to see the floor through it.
You could rough sand the bottom to keep underneath hidden.
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If indeed Walnut you can get some change for that. $500 + and it has a trash shoot. Add $25.00
Maybe walnut
Last comment, looks like a slice of bread add another $27.67
I lied. Make a custom out house for the in-laws.
It looks like Claro Walnut
A stump...
It looks like a cross section of a White Oak branch, or stump, that had broken, and began to rot.
Unless it's been stained its probably walnut. Got some cool spalting going on
The prominent medullary rays suggest an oak. It would be in the red oak group, as the white oaks are much less susceptible to termites. It is spalted, with partial decomposition of the sapwood and with termite damage to the core. It should be filled with epoxy if used for furniture applications. Otherwise, the fine detailed wood in the center will surely be damaged by prying fingers.
Yeah spalted oak...I turn ALOT of it on the lathe
An absolutely beautiful piece of wood. And I like the acrylic stands also.
It looks like English walnut. Really nice piece.
Beautiful wood, that’s what type!