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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1665787, member: 5066&quot;]Hard to say on your desk, this is why photographs alone on old furniture simply can&#039;t replace an in person examination, the camera LIES!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t know why, it just does.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The &quot;lighter edge&quot; you see is called &quot;sapwood&quot; and all tree species have this, the darker wood is called &quot;heartwood&quot;.</p><p>Since butternut is in the walnut family it&#039;s often hard to tell with pic&#039;s alone. Here is a photo of a very wide (16.5 inches or so) butternut board.</p><p>I&#039;ll guess your desk is butternut! made from wider timber and the classic &quot;twin peaks&quot; tougher to see as with this board.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]235245[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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