Wood identification of new and old chicken wing wood

In the red wood quality, many woods are named after the color, such as huanghuali, red sandalwood, and red rosewood. Chicken wing wood is quite special, named after the texture. Due to the moderate price and beautiful patterns, the chicken wing wood is very popular among the people. Especially in recent years, the price of chicken wing wood has been rising all the time, and it is loved by redwood fans.

The genus Red-winged genus is about 40 to 60 species. There are twenty-six species in China, mainly produced in Fujian Province. It is renamed because its pattern resembles chicken wings. There are many kinds of chicken wing wood. So, what kind of chicken wing wood? Today, we will explain the types and identification points of chicken wing wood from the aspects of color, texture, material, old and new.

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Chicken wing wood species

Chicken wing wood is also known as "杞梓木", which is famous for its distinctive and unique texture. It is a kind of mahogany with chicken wings ("V" shape) on the string cut surface of wood heartwood. It has always been loved by scholars and consumers. It is distributed in the subtropical region of the world, mainly in Southeast Asia and South America. The texture is staggered, clear, the color is abrupt, the aroma is slightly, and the growth rings are not obvious.

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Because the wenge wood has different characteristics than the wooden textures such as rosewood and red sandalwood, the craftsmen need to measure each piece of wood repeatedly when making the furniture, and use the neat and beautiful parts of the texture as much as possible on the surface. The beautiful shape and the ancient wood grain make the furniture add a strong artistic charm. Today, we introduce the wood identification of new and old chicken wing wood:

The old chicken wing wood, the Ming Dynasty chicken wing wood furniture and some furniture in the early Qing Dynasty used this chicken wing wood. It is not difficult to distinguish old chicken wing wood:

The first is the weight, the old chicken wing wood is light, the lightest in the hardwood family, and even can not match some "woodwood", such as eucalyptus. A piece of chicken wing wood furniture, you can know if it is old chicken wings;

Followed by the color, the old chicken wings wood color ash, especially after losing wax for a long time, its color is gray, ugly. After waxing, the color is slightly lighter and the texture of the chicken wings can be distinguished;

Then the texture is not obvious, the old chicken wing wood is not as beautiful as imagined, and the inexperienced are often confused with the iron wood. However, there is a simple and feasible way to distinguish the old chicken wing wood: the nails and the wood grain are formed in a 90-degree direction, and the smoothness is the old chicken wing wood, and the texture is jumped to the iron wood.

Finally, the old chicken wing wood fiber is flexible and can be used for general engraving. The fine carving is not seen on the Ming style chicken wing wood furniture, indicating the limitation of the chicken wing wood quality.

New wenge wood. The new wenge wood mentioned here is still a product of the Qing Dynasty. From the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, the old chicken wing wood warned, and the new chicken wing wood appeared.

1. The color of the new chicken wing wood is slightly heavy, brown, and the color in the texture is slightly yellow;

2, the weight is heavier, and the old chicken wing wood can be distinguished from the weight;

3, the texture is obvious, the new chicken wing wood is more beautiful than the old chicken wing wood in the eyes of ordinary people.

4, the new chicken wing wood fiber is thick, good toughness, not easy to engrave, so those who use the new chicken wing wood carving are rough.

5, the new chicken wing wood source is complex, there are many varieties, there are good and bad, the production area should be more than one or two.

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