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I do have some "Namibian Rosewood" here I haven't used yet, that is definietly pinker than bubinga.
Both are the same family, Fabaceae
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I should have said they were the same Genus of Guibourtia to narrow it down a bit. Essentially, they are closely related so I expect working properties to be similar... bloody hard to carve and will blunt edge tools quickly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood
Sometimes the naming conventions have more to do with the way a tree looks than the lumber it produces. A good example of this is all the Australian trees that ended up with European tree names despite being totally different species
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https://i.imgur.com/TMC0vNp.jpg
starting to think its likely to be straight grained Bubinga - might make a nice neck laminated with maple
and some wenge perhaps - but how would It be for a solid neck if it is Bubinga ?
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It can sometimes have little to do with the actual wood let alone colour, density or smell
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You have to distinguish between lazy trade names and actual wood species.... but the lazy trade names persist.
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