IMHO: Teak is very Hard and Mahogany is relatively soft and easy to work.

Fredo
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:54:38 +0100, gvetter
wrote:


I have a 26' Penn Yan Tunnel hull and I am refinishing the exterior
wood, handrails, swim platform, exposed top, etc. It is either teak or
Mogohany but I don't know how to tell which it is. Any suggestions? I
was going to assume it is teak and use a teak restore. If it becomes
appaernt that is not working I was going to sand it and refinish it as
if it was Mahogony.

Teak will exhibit signs of what appears to be black wood rot but
isn't.

Mahogany will just bleach out like oak.