mahogany types - Woodworking Talk

Dvoigt · 02-13-2008, 10:55 PM

what is the difference between honduras and african mahogany? If i was to use them both on the same project would it be noticeable?

thanks

phil.dal@bigpond.com · 05-04-2008, 09:51 PM

color and grain are the same. a.mahogany has checking ( cross grain cracks) but can be filled.
it would not be noticable to the average woodduck

JON BELL · 05-05-2008, 08:44 AM

South American (Honduran) http://www.certainlywood.com/results.cfm

African
http://www.certainlywood.com/results.cfm

? http://www.gilmerwood.com/boards_mahogony_unique.htm

Dvoigt · 05-13-2008, 09:09 PM

I'm seeing a pretty big difference between the 2....

The top is the Honduras and the bottom is African with some tung oil to show the grain. The African has a more obvious grain. I don't see how I could interchange them on the same project....

Dvoigt · 05-13-2008, 09:11 PM

Here is a close up of each one...

frankp · 05-14-2008, 11:53 AM

DVoigt, looks like you have Okoume for the African stuff, which is called mahogany, but really isn't a mahogany. The honduran looks like what I'd expect from most mahogany woods.

Cdat · 05-14-2008, 12:03 PM

These are the two types I work with:
Santos

Royal

If it is considered real or not I know not but it is what I've always worked with.

Dvoigt · 05-14-2008, 12:27 PM

Well this is a link to what I bought... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=130195820079

I also bought some from some one locally and it looks similar to the stuff I got in this auction...

Also, when I look at the picture in Rockler of "Mahogany" http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=826 it looks like the African type to me...

Now I'm just really confused.

Cdat · 05-14-2008, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dvoigt

Well this is a link to what I bought...
Now I'm just really confused.

Looks like royal to me.

Dvoigt · 05-14-2008, 01:06 PM

Ok so this also looks like my African Mahogany, and is labeled as such: http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Mer...hogany_African

And this look like the Honduras Mahogany and is labeled as such:
http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Mer..._Code=Mahogany

So i guess the moral of the story is you can't mix Mahogany from different parts of the world

Cdat · 05-14-2008, 02:07 PM

Very true. I have done my floor of my bedroom in Santos and the trim in Royal because a person in my local area ordered a little of both to do his floor in. When it arrived he was shocked to see the massive differences in the types so, being the good samaritian I am, I offered to purchase said wood from him for 2 bucks a sq ft

. He jumped at the chance to rid himself of his screw up. So, all I had to do was rip off the groove side and remove the tongue and router the royal and make it into trim.