How can I test ebony wood to tell if it is genuine?

Answer 1

it sinks

Answer 2

Although it is popularly supposed to be a black wood, most species have a heartwood that is only streaked and mottled with black. The heartwood is very brittle, and is difficult to work, but it has long been in demand. The sapwood is white, becoming bluish or reddish when cut.

Black ebony is used for knife handles, piano keys, finger boards of violins, hairbrush backs, inlays, and marquetry. Some of the woods called ebony, however, belong to different families, especially the pulse family, Leguminosae.

Answer 3

I got this from the link below:

Ebonized wood is an imitation of real ebony, inexpensive wood that has been stained black, and is identifiable by its grain, mottling or lighter weight.

So if it has grain it is not real ebony (look closely)

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Answer 6

If it is black, heavy and solid it probably is.

Answer 7

strike a match if it burns its a fake

Answer 8

It is black & very heavy.