Oud Wood

[Olfactory Nomad]

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[yumchen78]

Ancient water agarwood

 

[yumchen78]

Ancient water agarwood

Very complete unspoilt

 

[iori]

I have lots of love for light looking pieces!

 

[yumchen78]

Ancient water agarwood

 

[yumchen78]

Ancient water agarwood

 

[yumchen78]

Ancient water agarwood

 

[zahir]

I have lots of love for light looking pieces!

Let me know if you wanna buy some bunk wood that looks great =P 😀

 

[iori]

Let me know if you wanna buy some bunk wood that looks great =P 😀

While i stopped buying for a while, its always nice to look at wood pieces, and while this piece looks pale it smell stellar.
Also! Shoyedio gave this kyara a nice name 😀

 

[TheDarkKnight]

A block of green kinam was recently harvested in Khanh Hoa province, weighing over 500 grams, sinking, for those who say that kinam can no longer be found in Vietnam. It is not easy to harvest and own this piece, so every step is fully documented, from the raw form, to water testing, and direct cutting to inspect the core, with absolutely no interventions like oil pressing, adhesive bonding, or sinking enhancements.

 

[-Renton-]

A block of green kinam was recently harvested in Khanh Hoa province, weighing over 500 grams, sinking, for those who say that kinam can no longer be found in Vietnam. It is not easy to harvest and own this piece, so every step is fully documented, from the raw form, to water testing, and direct cutting to inspect the core, with absolutely no interventions like oil pressing, adhesive bonding, or sinking enhancements.

@iori What do you think about this brother? It does not look like Kinam to me, but rather, aloeswood. And @language scent what's your take?

 

[TheDarkKnight]

does not look like Kinam to me, but rather, a

What do you even know about kinam while you're still buying CK-grade products and can't even distinguish them? Don’t make me tell everyone about what you did to me. With what you’ve done, you don’t deserve to have this conversation. Even when it comes to books about scents, you probably haven't even bought and read them, let alone being able to identify kinam, LOL.

 

[Mr.P]

@iori What do you think about this brother? It does not look like Kinam to me, but rather, aloeswood. And @language scent what's your take?

Hold the phone there… Last I checked there is just a wee bit more to it than the appearance. And take a look at that cross-section… Looks like kinam to me (but I'm still too much of a noob to be able to tell the difference from a photograph).

I wouldn't start by stirring up a controversy right after somebody shares a photograph, we've seen how that goes.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Hold the phone there… Last I checked there is just a wee bit more to it than the appearance. And take a look at that cross-section… Looks like kinam to me (but I'm still too much of a noob to be able to tell the difference from a photograph).

I wouldn't start by stirring up a controversy right after somebody shares a photograph, we've seen how that goes.

Thank you, @Mr.P . This sharing aims to provide historical and cultural information rather than trying to showcase or sell an item (it doesn't belong of this forum). To me, its value at this moment is immense, especially as the overexploitation of kinam has become alarming over the past 30 to 40 years. You can find these images in some books or shared information from collectors and authors from Japan, Hong Kong, and China. Its characteristics, despite the many different types, have not changed over hundreds or thousands of years of history because nature remains the same; it continues to operate under unified and consistent principles.

 

[language scent]

@iori What do you think about this brother? It does not look like Kinam to me, but rather, aloeswood. And @language scent what's your take?

I hate to sound like the bad guy here but in my experience this is fake kinam. The wood is pressurized with oil and this is extremely obvious. If this was a true wild natural kinam was that naturally to have so much oil all the way through to the very cores point it means the wood is extremely old and the wood fiber would be so thin and would have turned into a waxy kind of fiber and not an aggressive fiber like this in the pictures. If you look at the red circles i put you notice the specific woods fibers are very strong and not aged at all. Take a wood you have that is bunk wood and cut it you will see the same fibers sticking out like in this picture. With real old wild kyara the cut is so smooth the fibers hardly there and the block would be tacky especially for green kinam. sorry to my friend the black knight but I hope you did not pay a lot for it

 

[-Renton-]

What do you even know about kinam while you're still buying CK-grade products and can't even distinguish them? Don’t make me tell everyone about what you did to me. With what you’ve done, you don’t deserve to have this conversation. Even when it comes to books about scents, you probably haven't even bought and read them, let alone being able to identify kinam, LOL.

Dude I got you back on this forum lol. I have plenty of high grade kyara's... dunno where you have been. I definitely have better Wild Kyara than anything you have lol from my good brother kosmas. I dont even heat CK anymore haha, I am aging all the CK I have for decades now that I am gettign regular pieces of high end kyara from kosmas.

 

[language scent]

However, i would like to add, i see this happening with agarwood a lot. but this looks wet so maybe it is even still not even dry. it looks more like either fake oil pressed wood or fresh harvested agarwood

 

[language scent]

Dude I got you back on this forum lol. I have plenty of high grade kyara's... dunno where you have been.

Actually, I am the one who felt bad and told you to contact nadeem and tell him you forgive the black knight and to let him back in. i mean hes a good dude he just probably got sold from some liars maybe idk. sadly, but in no way this wood is really wild and real formation of oil the fibers do not lie.

 

[iori]

@iori What do you think about this brother? It does not look like Kinam to me, but rather, aloeswood. And @language scent what's your take?

Hey
I hope i don't sound rude or anything, but i don't want to be part of any arguments etc
And in general i don't appraise anyone else stuff, i just do with what i have and my opinion or what i think to myself as it won't be any useful for anyone =)
Besides each have ther school, view etc they lean to, lets not try to make this show of muscles and keep the topic as showing Photos of beautiful wood etc.
Best wishes for all.

 

[-Renton-]

Actually, I am the one who felt bad and told you to contact nadeem and tell him you forgive the black knight and to let him back in. i mean hes a good dude he just probably got sold from some liars maybe idk. sadly, but in no way this wood is really wild and real formation of oil the fibers do not lie.

Yeah thats true, but I at least got him back on the forum and he insults me and threatens me (again)?