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[Murox]

have they been demolishing any wooden piers/quaysides around you lately? Greenheart was traditionally used for the uprights in piers as, when immersed in water it lasts forever. It was also used to make fishing rods. In fact there was a fishing tackle/gunshop in Cardiff city centre whose founder originally worked building a lot of the piers around Cardiff and he used the greenheart offcuts to make fishing rods and thus opened a shop.

It was actually a couple of planks I scavenged from the beach and dried out for a month or two. I thought it might have been decking planks originally; whatever it is its heavy and dense so some sort of tropical hardwood for sure.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It was actually a couple of planks I scavenged from the beach and dried out for a month or two. I thought it might have been decking planks originally; whatever it is its heavy and dense so some sort of tropical hardwood for sure.

decks were/are usually teak - apart from British naval sailing vessels which were oak - apparently British crfews used to hate serving on Dutch origin 'prize' vessels as they were teak build and if hit by a cannon ball would shatter into horrendous sharp splinters and the wounds used to get infected very easily.

 

[Murox]

It's the wrong colour for teak and certainly not Oak. when I said decking l was thinking of domestic veranda/patio type stuff.