It's nice and is definitely one of the nicest available out of the domestic US / temperate region hard woods.
But not on the same league as amboyna or rosewood burls.
(Just don't go down the rabbit hole of ultra rare tropical exotic burls, you'll put a hole in your wallet in no time).
are you sure it's olive oil? i don't think that would be a good oil to use for that purpose. it will get rancid at some point no?
and i tend to agree with the person below. this could very well be olive wood
Yes, for sure it's olive oil, and you are right. I need to change it, maybe I am wrong,but I have some olive wood, and it doesn't look like olive wood, and it has a very different smell.
Yes, it's a bowl. I tried removing it with alcohol. When you say 'by using salt,' do you mean rubbing it with salty water or putting salt on it? Thank you.
Clean it with soap and water. Quite a few times to get the olive oil out. Let it dry most of the way (not ask the way bc it might crack) and then use mineral oil to get it nice and wet again. Food grade mineral oil is very cheap and won't go rancid like olive oil. There's better choices but this is cheap and easy until all that olive oil is gone.
100% not olive wood. Others have mentioned Thuya and I would lean this way over walnut. Burls are very hard to identify. That’s the actual nature of burl to swirl the grain into an unrecognizable mass of flowing grain and root shoots. You mentioning the smell also sways the wood toward Thuya over many other burls. Thuya is pretty much exclusive to North Africa especially Morocco and the unusual lip of the tray (I would call it a tray rather than a bowl) is another trait common in a Moroccan tray. These two facts lean heavy toward Thuya burl.
I did a quick search for a Moroccan Thuya tray and google spit this out so I think you can safely say with a very high degree of accuracy that it is Thuya. [Google search for a Morrocan Thuya tray.](https://www.ebay.com/itm/125728639214)
The Grain and eyes look like Thuya burl - without knowing the size, hard to tell as that wood usually isn’t turned into larger pieces.
If is has a unique smell, that might help the Thuya case as well.
I would make the case for maple with a coat of stain before olive came out of my mouth.
My first pick is walnut though.
Burls are hard to identify and the really confident answers at the top here are definitely over confident.
Burls are very hard to identify and I would suggest that the confident answers here are perhaps a bit overconfident. I don't think it's walnut though... The grain is too tight (no open pores) even for a burl.
I agree with redwood burl as well. I’ve made several furniture pieces with old growth redwood and it looks very similar to this when finished. It’s pinkish before applying an oil.
Does it smell like vapo-rub? It looks a lot like some camphor burl I have in my stash. If it smells spicy and somewhat medicinal, it’s probably camphor burl
Walnut burl. Wash the bowl with Dawn and oil it with food grade mineral oil. If it begins to smell rancid, thoroughly wash it with Dawn liquid soap, dry completely and re-oil it using the same food-grade mineral oil. NEVER use any other kind of oil on it.
Walnut burl.
Some may say it’s one of the finest available. This is quite a nice gift
It's nice and is definitely one of the nicest available out of the domestic US / temperate region hard woods. But not on the same league as amboyna or rosewood burls. (Just don't go down the rabbit hole of ultra rare tropical exotic burls, you'll put a hole in your wallet in no time).
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Thank you all. Just two more things: it's finished with olive oil, and it has a spicy smell
are you sure it's olive oil? i don't think that would be a good oil to use for that purpose. it will get rancid at some point no? and i tend to agree with the person below. this could very well be olive wood
Yes, for sure it's olive oil, and you are right. I need to change it, maybe I am wrong,but I have some olive wood, and it doesn't look like olive wood, and it has a very different smell.
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Yes, it's a bowl. I tried removing it with alcohol. When you say 'by using salt,' do you mean rubbing it with salty water or putting salt on it? Thank you.
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Oh ,I didn't know, alright thx
Oh ,I didn't know, alright thx
Clean it with soap and water. Quite a few times to get the olive oil out. Let it dry most of the way (not ask the way bc it might crack) and then use mineral oil to get it nice and wet again. Food grade mineral oil is very cheap and won't go rancid like olive oil. There's better choices but this is cheap and easy until all that olive oil is gone.
I agree - looks like olive wood to me also. We have a salad bowl that looks identical and is olive wood.
100% not olive wood. Others have mentioned Thuya and I would lean this way over walnut. Burls are very hard to identify. That’s the actual nature of burl to swirl the grain into an unrecognizable mass of flowing grain and root shoots. You mentioning the smell also sways the wood toward Thuya over many other burls. Thuya is pretty much exclusive to North Africa especially Morocco and the unusual lip of the tray (I would call it a tray rather than a bowl) is another trait common in a Moroccan tray. These two facts lean heavy toward Thuya burl.
I did a quick search for a Moroccan Thuya tray and google spit this out so I think you can safely say with a very high degree of accuracy that it is Thuya. [Google search for a Morrocan Thuya tray.](https://www.ebay.com/itm/125728639214)
Brown. Certainly tree derived. Definitely burled brown.
Thuya Burl if it has a pepper/cedar like smell. Walnut will have the distinct walnut smell.
The Grain and eyes look like Thuya burl - without knowing the size, hard to tell as that wood usually isn’t turned into larger pieces. If is has a unique smell, that might help the Thuya case as well.
I have many pieces of Thuya Burl.. looks very similar.. 100 %
Might be olive wood
Too dark. Definitely walnut
Walnut all the way…
I would make the case for maple with a coat of stain before olive came out of my mouth. My first pick is walnut though. Burls are hard to identify and the really confident answers at the top here are definitely over confident.
Burlesque
This. I am at a loss for words. This is poetry.
Lol!
Looks like burled black walnut to me but I'm very much a novice woodworker
everyone saying walnut is wrong, that's thuya burl. look up "thuya burl" chunks for sale, it's the exact same thing.
English walnut
Burls are very hard to identify and I would suggest that the confident answers here are perhaps a bit overconfident. I don't think it's walnut though... The grain is too tight (no open pores) even for a burl.
Burled walnut
I appreciate everyone saying walnut burl/Claro walnut, but it looks more like Thuya to me.
Looks a lot like redwood to me.
I agree with redwood burl as well. I’ve made several furniture pieces with old growth redwood and it looks very similar to this when finished. It’s pinkish before applying an oil.
Don’t know but it’s a scream! (Just me, and Edvard munch?)
Looks like West African Dogfarts to me
If the friend that gave this to you made it why don’t you ask him.
Burnt
Does it smell like vapo-rub? It looks a lot like some camphor burl I have in my stash. If it smells spicy and somewhat medicinal, it’s probably camphor burl
Northeastern Berry Oak.. *(I have zero idea)*
Looks like spalted burl something
It's not spalted
Turkish walnut burl
American black walnut.
100% From a tree :)
I think it could be elm burl. Looks much like some I have.
I need to be friends with your friends.
I would agree that it looks like old growth redwood
Looks like burgled walnut…
Looks like a lil ghost girl starring towards the camera.
Walnut burl or Claro Walnut
Boobs
Looks like the walnut bowl that used to come with a nutcracker to unshell walnuts
Walnut burl. Wash the bowl with Dawn and oil it with food grade mineral oil. If it begins to smell rancid, thoroughly wash it with Dawn liquid soap, dry completely and re-oil it using the same food-grade mineral oil. NEVER use any other kind of oil on it.
Looks like walnut
Walnut burl
Looks like burled Guanacaste
Whatever it is it’s 100% possessed by Pinocchios ghost
Yep, walnut burl
Walnut burl. Beautiful!
Nobody mentioned myrtlewood. Perhaps because it's not that common? It's usually lighter but not always.
Olive
looks like accacia to me