What kind of wood

It looks like pine. See if you can mark it with your fingernail. Pine is very soft.

I agree looks like pine If you are going to stain it you need to use a conditioner on the wood first , pine will botch. It does not take stain well

White pine

Agreed looks like pine

Thank you all for your reply(s). I had it made up in my mind that it was White Oak because it was the only wood in an old expensive Basset/Broyhill Bedroom set I am repurposing. I even said to myself that it had knots in it like pine. Again thank you. It's a lot easier finding white pine locally than it is whit oak.

Marco
Here is a link to a hardwood store near me gives you a view

BryanL said:

It looks like pine. See if you can mark it with your fingernail. Pine is very soft.

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Pine is not always soft, it can be very hard. I have a carving mallet I made from pine, it definitely is not soft, altho not as hard as some pine I have seen.

JOAT said:

Pine is not always soft, it can be very hard. I have a carving mallet I made from pine, it definitely is not soft, altho not as hard as some pine I have seen.

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Remodeled part of a 100 year old house and some of those fat lighter pine 2x4's were harder than stone.