Can anyone tell if this this Elm wood or Bulrly Walnut?

 

Elm as best I know.

 

Me too, I think the walnut is darker.

 

Elm. The finish yellows and clouds after a few years.

 

hoodun,

"Elm wood or Bulrly Walnut?"

It's sort of both - It's Burr Elm.

Paul

 

Burr/Burl or no Burr/Burl (two different words for the same deformity) English Walnut is an absolutely gorgeous wood and the veneer would look great in our XJSs

 

They both get very light in time.

I can see the diff now. Elm has darker centers in the circles. They are very similar. They should have chose two more contrasting wood options.

 

The grain structure is definitely elm.

Burl refers to a type of structure in a tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl

 

Definitely Elm.
Elm fades to yellow.
Walnut fades to look like new elm.
Either way it is cracked so you need to sort it.
If you put a new bit in it won't match the old bits so you can decide what you prefer and replace the whole lot.
It shouldn't cost much more than a small fortune.