That is, African yellow sandalwood, in fact, red sandalwood is a misnomer for this kind of wood in the market of redwood furniture, so called to deliberately increase its value. The heartwood of red sandalwood has a new section of orange red, and the color will change into dark brown or purple after a long time. It will send out a kind of sour aroma, which is similar to red sandalwood, but its texture is thick, mostly alternating with red brown, and the brown eye is relatively large, the brown line is long and not curved, and the cowhair pattern formed by the tube hole has the characteristics of long, straight, thick and many, which looks rough than red sandalwood
That is, Indian red sandalwood, is a kind of rosewood. Sandalwood has the fragrance of sandalwood. The new material's small leaf red sandalwood is reddish and has black stripes. On its section, it can be found that there are very thin cow hair stripes, while on the radial section, there are strip stripes. The stripes are generally straight, mostly dark and light. The width of the stripes is about 3-5mm, mostly yellow.
When the outer bark of red sandalwood is removed, it can be found that there is a layer of biomass between the outer bark and heartwood, that is, white skin. When the outer bark of red sandalwood is removed, what we see is the heartwood. Basically, we can't see the secondary substance, and we can't see the white skin.
The color of red sandalwood is light, the texture gap is wide and straight, and the color of texture is often red and white. It is dry and oil-free. Black silk is common in brown wire.
Local water ripple is obvious. The oil quality of red sandalwood with small leaves is much better than that of red sandalwood with large leaves, which looks more spiritual. After grinding, the glossiness and oiliness of red sandalwood with big leaves are worse than those of red sandalwood with small leaves, and the market price gap between them is larger.
The growth of red sandalwood with small leaves is very slow. Generally, it takes seven or eight years to grow a ring, while that of red sandalwood with large leaves is much faster. As a result, red sandalwood leaves only appear in some small crafts, and are rarely made of furniture.
Here is a simple way to distinguish these two kinds of wood. Hold the wood and draw it on the white paper. When there is a purple scratch, it means that it is red sandalwood with big leaves, while the scratch color of Indian red sandalwood is orange. From the perspective of texture, the texture of red sandalwood with small leaves is fine, while that of red sandalwood with large leaves is relatively thick.
