[Ansteorra-archery] Help with Splitting a really BIG Osage Orange

[ironwyrm at juno.com]

Greetings Diethelm,

I hope someone has contacted you all ready.  According to the Traditional
Bowyer's Bible you need to seal both the cut log ends with varnish,
paint, or Elmer's white glue ASAP after cutting to prevent cracking from
moisture loss.  Then you will have to decried how you plan to dry it.  A
whole log that size can take a year or longer to dry.  If Osage is split
to staves or split into staves with the bark & sapwood stripped away it
will dry in month(s) according to Ron Hardcastle in the TBB.

I wish I could advice you with the voice of experience, however I'm just
another fledgling bowyer trying to learn the wood myself.  Good luck!

Ironwyrm


On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:06:14 -0500 Derek Wilson <dwilson at dollar.com>
writes:
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> No...I don't need you to help me split it I need help in figuring
> out HOW to
> split it :-)
>
> This is a question for all you bowyers with more experience than I.
> I spent
> most of the day Sat. cutting down one of the biggest Osage orange I
> have
> ever seen and ended up with a very nice trunk section in the 18-20
> inches in
> dia. range and 7 feet long. Anyone ever split one this big?  If so
> any
> advice will be appreciated.
>
> Diethelm "the overwhelmed" Waltorfer
> Archery Marshal of Northkeep
>
> Derek Wilson
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