my samples: --- NOTE: all of the flooring samples in this section "my samples" were previously mis-identified by me as goncalo alves. They have the flooring trade name "Patagonian Rosewood" which of course is just a markeing term having nothing to do with the wood itself and in fact I have never seen that phrase used ANYWHERE outside the flooring industry. My own samples of this stuff REALLY looks like goncalo alves, so it fooled me. In fact, I'm not convinced that the flooring company doesn't maybe mix up goncalo alves with curupay sometimes, but I've now seen enough curupay to know that it CAN look exactly like goncalo alves.
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has slightly enriched and deepened the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has slightly enriched and deepened the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR flooring sample that has been finished with a hard, shiny finishing agent that has slightly enriched and deepened the color. This piece was sanded down and is shown raw directly below
flooring sample and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
flooring sample and end grain --- this is a particulaly rich looking piece of wood and the color shown is accurate --- some of the other samples didn't look this good even with a finish.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
a truely ugly plank and end grain --- this is a flooring sample and I can only believe that the flooring company I bought it from just puts aside such pieces for their sample pack instead of just turning them into firewood as they should. Actually, this pic really doesn't do justice to the piece --- that is, the pic makes it look half-way decent. The actual wood is REALLY ugly.
end grain closeup of the plank directly above
web pics
planks with wet and dry sections listed as cebil / Anadenanthera collubrina
planks
planks, both from the same vendor and listed as cebil / Anadenanthera collubrina --- I'm not sure whether these have been moistened for the pics or not bet it certainly appears they might have been
planks moistened for the pics, listed as cebil / Anadenanthera collubrina
planks listed as cebil / Anadenanthera collubrina
planks all from the same vendor and listed as cebil / Anadenanthera collubrina --- there's some very nice mottle in some of these but none were listed as figured
flooring
6" diameter bowl by Steve Earis with big enlargements available. Like my own sample, and some of the flooring samples I've seen, this looks JUST like goncalo alves
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
NOT A RAW WOOD COLOR
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