"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:11 -0400, hk wrote:

Which goes to show how subjective taste is. I've never liked teak on a
boat. On the exterior, I always preferred mahogany, the real stuff, not
the crap that is sold most often these days as mahogany. In a cabin, I
pretty cherry or oak.

Mahogany and teak actually look a lot alike when properly finished
with a good varnish but teak is much more durable.


Real Mahogany, not the Philippine Mahogany, does not look like teak.
Actually I think it looks a lot nicer. But, teak is much more durable. My
mothers home is paneled in real Mahogany and when the ceiling dripped, the
wood took a lot more to get it nice looking than teak would of. Her house
was built in 1908, when you could get large sheets of mahogany paneling.