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The lady at the lumber dealer said this was ostrichwood. Is she pulling my leg? Ostrich wood plank

gnicko
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    I'm afraid that species has gone the way of the Dodo. I wouldn't want to egg you on, but I can't help EMUlating your approach. –  Mar 27 '20 at 04:58
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    I'd like to oPINE on this topic, but the conversation wood splinter off. – Aloysius Defenestrate Mar 27 '20 at 16:34
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    This conversation has lumbered off in the wrong direction. It's a knotty problem, that's for sure. –  Mar 27 '20 at 17:50
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    Given the size of the 2x4 and the nature of the question, should Greg be ostrich-sized? – ewm Mar 30 '20 at 21:12
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    Nah, he's a good egg, even if he comes across a bit cheep. We birds of a feather need to stick together. –  Apr 01 '20 at 20:20

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Wood ID questions are off-topic, but in this case we seem to have made an exception. I think it is clear from your very good picture that this is not ostrichwood.

You don't say where you are in the world, but given the grain structure this looks like emuwood.

Provide a picture of the end-grain so we can be sure, or just take a look at a quarter-sawn end: ostrichwood has two "toes" running down the grain, whereas emuwood has three.

  • Wouldn't emuwood be facing the other way? – gnicko Jun 29 '20 at 13:07
  • Oh, I might have really laid an egg that time. Oh well. We'll see if the nest of the community downvotes this answer because I'm such a bird-brain. –  Jun 30 '20 at 14:08