1, look. That is, observe the color and texture characteristics of rosewood. The real Indian lobular rosewood is generally purple when it is new, and gradually darkens after use. Compared with African big-leaf rosewood, small-leaf rosewood is purple, patterned, shiny and oily, while African big-leaf rosewood is purple-black and dull.
The wood grain of big leaf rosewood is not obvious, and some can hardly see the grain. The texture of lobular rosewood is thicker and the color is lighter. After polishing, there will be obvious wood grain, that is, brown eyes appear. That is to say, lobular rosewood usually has thicker fibers. After drying and shrinking, there will be gaps formed by different organisms with different shrinkage degrees, commonly known as "cow hair lines".
2. hey. Because rosewood has a fine texture and a large specific gravity, you can feel the specific gravity of the object to see if it reaches the weight of rosewood (the volume should reach). Of course, this feeling can only be understood, not expressed. You have to rely on your long-term accumulated experience to explore.
3. Smell. That is, gently scrape the sawdust with a knife and smell the sawdust. Usually the lobular rosewood will give off a faint fragrance. If the smell of sawdust is too strong, or there is no fragrance, be careful.
4, bubble. That is, scrape a little sawdust or powder from wood and soak it in white wine or bottled water. The extract of true rosewood not only shows red silk strips, but also shows fluorescence. In addition, some people gently rub the surface of the tested wood with alcohol cotton balls. If the cotton ball is purple, it is rosewood. Usually, the old rosewood does not fade when soaked in water, and it will fall off when painted with greedy color; The color of new rosewood will fade after soaking in water, and it is not easy to erase when coloring.
5. Knock on the door. Judging the authenticity of rosewood by the sound made by tapping.
Matters needing attention
1, the real Indian lobular rosewood, the color is red when it is new, and the color gradually darkens after wearing it on your hand. Compared with African rosewood, purple has patterns and is oily. African rosewood is dead black, dull and bulky. There are many cow hair lines after drying. This kind of cow wool is actually due to the difference in shrinkage of different bodies, resulting in the gap. Ye Tan is new sandalwood, and lobules are old sandalwood.
2. Red sandalwood has high density and small brown eyes, and is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests, with Indian red sandalwood as the best. As the saying goes, ten sandalwood are empty, and the largest rosewood is only about 20 cm in diameter, so its preciousness can be imagined. When rosewood is put into liquor, it will immediately decompose into pink, and form a sticky gel with liquor, which can be connected into lines when poured out.
This is an effective way to identify rosewood, which is mainly produced in India and also produced in Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi in China. Rosewood is a genus of Leguminosae, with about 15 species, most of which are in tropical areas.
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