narra

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NARRA

Pterocarpus indicus

NOTE: the burl from this wood uses a different name, amboyna, and has its own page on this site under that name.

my samples:

both sides of a plank with spalted sapwood

closeups of both sides of spalted sapwood

plank and end grain. This was cut from the larger piece directly above and shows heavy blue stain.

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

plank chosen for semi-crotch area

two closeups of the plank directly above

small plank cut from the larger one directly above and sanded

end grain and end grain closeup of the small plank directly above

both sides of a small plank that is mostly sapwood (cut from the large plank a little way above here).

end grain and end grain closeup of the spalted sapwood piece directly above

sample piece and end grain --- colors are a bit too rich in these two pics

end grain closeup of the sample piece directly above.

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

a couple of turning sticks of red narra

end grains and an end grain closeup of the pieces directly above. The end grain closeup shows considerable scratch marks from my less-than-fine sanding.

turning block. When I got this, the ends were sealed and when I sanded off the sealant, there were no apparent cracks in the end grain. After less than a day later, the obvious cracks had developed, which is a sure sign of poor or incomplete drying.

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

red narra veneer

web pics:

cross section of a log

planks

plank listed as yellow narra / Pterocarpus indicus and another just listed as yellow narra

figured plank and closeup

a set of planks and some closeups --- note that some areas were moistened to show the grain better

planks from one of those vendors who just can't resist "correcting" the color until it looks nothing like the wood --- these pieces in reality probably look much like my own sample at the top of this page.

planks from the BogusColorVendor so they almost certainly have too much red in the pics

figured planks

curly plank

curly plank listed as "tiger stripe" narra / Pterocarpus indicus

three pieces all listed as bee's wing narra / Pterocarpus indicus. I think the bee's wing designation is a stretch for the first one and more of a stretch for the last one and just silly for the one in the middle.

both sides of a plank --- this wasn't even listed as figured, although it obviously is

both sides of a plank and two closeups --- these weren't even listed as figured, although they obviously are

both sides of a pair of planks --- these weren't even listed as figured, although they obviously are

turning stick

turned sphere

pen blanks

veneer

veneer listed as narra / Pterocarpus indicua

veneer, all from the same vendor. It was not specified as "red" narra, but certainly seems to be that variety.

red narra veneer closeups that all have both levels of enlargement

listed as bee's wing veneer, this is a very light figure and to my mind much too weak to be legitimately called bee's wing

"red narra" turning stock --- I have no idea how correct the red color is as I have only seen red narra in veneer form and it is more red and less orange than these (these are all from the same vendor)