Generally E. angustifolia but also E. commutata, both of the family Elaeagnaceae. This wood is NOT an olive, it just has that word in its name because of the physical siimilarity of the bark and leaves to real olive trees. Native to Russia but also grows elsewhere in Europe and is also found in the USA. I have it anecdotally that the wood is pleasant to turn and obviously the strong grain pattern makes for beautiful turned objects.
my samples:
both sides of a sample plank of Russian olive / Elaeagnus angustifolia
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank --- I had just a devil of a time with the color correction on this and never did get it quite right. All the pics of this piece have a bit too much red in them; it really was more of a light chocolate brown. HUGE enlargments are present
face grain closeup of the piece directly above
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
two side grain closeups of the piece directly above, the first showing relative large ray flakes and the second showing very small ray flakes
web pics:
planks listed as Russian olive / Elaeagnus angustifolia
plank moistened for the pic (and I'm still not sure about the color --- I think the image is oversaturated)
slabs ... the 1st one is waxed, the 2nd one is raw, the 3rd one is raw and the 4th set is very small "slabs"
bookmatched planks
bookmatched thins
pen blanks ... I think the purple color on the second set is an artifact of the pic
an image that was chosen (on the web site where I found it) for the PATTERN, not the wood itself.
burl slabs
small burl slabs (scales, maybe?)
burl pen blanks
knife handles
bowls
boxes
burl bowl
listed as a Russian olive burl flask. This is a beautiful piece of wood, but I have no idea how much of the red is the wood vs a finishing agent, or an artifact of the pic.
kaleidescope
hollow form
lidded vessel
urns
vases
bench and closeups ... it appears to me that these pics probably have too much orange and yellow in them; this whole thing looks more like pine than Russion olive
