I bought 2 boards of this wood as African Teak. But, it defies most all of the characteristics of what I would expect from real teac. It's my understanding that most of the remaining teac logs are fairly small in size. These boards were 12' long, 10.5" wide and 2+" thick and perfectly quartered the entire width. This would indicate to me that it came from a fairly good size log. It's not heavy at all. It has been kiln dried and straight as an arrow. Resawing it was a breeze. It cut like butter. Sanding is very easy as well. I would put the working properties in a category similar to spruce. But, from my experience (which is little) and from what I've been told, teac is very hard and is supposed to dull tools very fast. I didn't find that to be the case with this wood. However, the one characteristic that does fit the bill is, it has a waxy feel to it. It also has a very unique and sweet smell with a very sharp tap tone. Regardless of what it is, I think it has great qualities for an instrument. So, it's kind of got me stumped. I tried to take a good close up photo of it so maybe someone could help me to clarify what it is if it's not African Teac. I've seen furniture and other things made from Asian Teac and this looks nothing like that. I know it's imported and not native to Brazil. So...anyone have any ideas ????
This wood is not heavy.
Was the stock you bought very expensive ?? Just curious. Regards and thanks again for everyone's help.