Any guesses as what kind of wood this is? I received a mix lot of lumber, some sitka spruce, some western red cedar and this, which was being called cherry. I am thinking this some kind of "mahogany" maybe meranti?
Well, rather hard to describe, taxing my descriptive skill here, not like Western Red Cedar, not like Northern white cedar, more like dark umber, or maybe I am thinking of an imperial stout. More seriously, I really cannot describe the smell, but it is heavy, way more heavy that cherry and more heavy than oak. Attached is an image of the underside of a Thompson deck, which I always thought might be Spanish cedar, as whatever that deck is made of, it is light.