How dark does osage get?

[Don Armstrong]

I bought a 2"X2"X72" piece of what a guy said was osage. He said he had it for several years. I ripped it yesterday and it is a dark brown all the way thru. I know osage darkens with age but does it get a dark brown. Thanks, Don

[stickhead]

All I have ever seen has got dark on the outside but the inside is still yellowish orange.

[Don Armstrong]

This has no yellow to it at all. I'm wondering if I got took. I'm going to try a bow with it. I will lay out a 66" bow tomorrow and see how it goes. Don

[walkabout]

yea osage is always recognizable by the yellow wood i think they didnt know what it was when they gave it to you. if you look at the latest post by osagetree youll see just how yellow it is.

[Eric Krewson]

I have some osage that is pretty dark all the way through but it is rare stuff. It is also very oily and brittle, not my favorite kind of osage by a long shot.

[Jason/Woody]

I got a piece of Osage from a 100 year old fence from a guy at work and it was the same signature color you would expect.  Methinks it may not be Osage

[John Scifres]

I'd guess something else too.