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Help with Identification of a Board - Maybe Elm?

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Hi all. The pics show a rough sawn board which surfaced while cleaning out the timber storage area - from right in a at the back. It's been in there for about 30 years. I have no recollection whatsoever as to what it might be.

I'd appreciate some help with identification of the species.

It's clearly darkened quite a lot by now, and is probably a tiny shade redder than in the pics. It's definitely a hardwood. The close up shows an area planed to expose fresh wood.

I'd presumed from a distance that it was oak, but it doesn't look much like it. It could be elm (I had some back then), but I'm a bit thrown by the red tint and anyway can't clearly remember the detail of what it looked like.

Thanks

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I would’ve said it looks closer to Walnut, but it’s almost impossible to tell from the photos. A clearer photo of the face grain and especially the end grain would make it easier to identify.
 
I cleaned up some more areas of the board and took more pics T. Any help?

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Nice find! Enough to make a little side table like this one: IMG_20250420_122948486_MF_PORTRAIT.jpg

One of my most satisfying projects, about seven years ago.
 
Ta guys.

Great that it turns out to be walnut although I can't for the life of me remember how it might have come to be in the store. It's been there for a very long time (in the under roof storage area to the left of the rack in the pic) - near to 30 years I suspect.so It's definitely well equilibrated......

It's as you say Andy enough for a small piece, time to figure out a home for it...
 
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