Good scale material?

[GA1dad]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section,,,

A coworker gave me a shoe box full of this wood. It was given to him a while back and he didn't know what kind of wood it is. It is pretty hard stuff, I can't dig a fingernail into it even the slightest. I think it might be parts of wood flooring that the manuf. cut out before milling into flooring boards,, but that is just a guess. Most of the pieces look like the smaller one pictured, but there is the one piece of spalted that sure is pretty. Anybody got an idea of the wood type? Do you think it would make good scales for my Barlow project?

[Doc B]

It looks like it would be nice, to me! Looks like it has a nice grain. With the added benefit of not cracking or breaking (like bone) if you were to drop it. You could put a little mineral oil on it...to get a feel for what it will look like finished.

[cudgee]

It would make fantastic scales, and looks as though it is nicely seasoned. Good score.

[rustyoldknife]

It kind of looks like Tiger Curley Maple, its a very hard wood that could make very nice handles

[Meridian_Mike]

Hmmmmmm.....
Sorta looks like walnut to me.

[Ivoryman]

That last piece of the end cut looks like Oak to me. Has the grain lines and little rows of holes in the rings like Oak. Many types of oak so I don't know variety, but I've been cutting and finishing hardwoods for decades and that looks just like the grain of oak railings I've used before.

[GA1dad]

Thanks for the replies all. I agree that the end cross section looks like oak top me as well,, but the spalted looking piece threw me for a loop. At this point it doesn't matter too much I guess, as I've decided it will be used for the project.

Hopefully will begin disassembly after work today.