Lurker wrote:There is one of those “mahogany” woods used for windows etc that really stinks when you plane it. Brought me out in a rash.
I've no sense of smell, Jim, so I've no idea whether it stinks or not. And I sawed a whole lot of birdsmouths off and did a bit of planing....no rash resulting. So I'm not a lot of use in helping with the diagnosis of the species, I'm afraid.
It seems likely that this stuff will end up being used for an internal door, and for frame making on my boat project. The latter involves laminating it up with lashings of epoxy, so it almost doesn't matter what wood it is.