[Steppes] Osage harvesting (was Steppes Bowyers Guild)

[Patrick Cuccurello]

> This may sound bizarre coming from me, but do you plan to burn
> the stuff not good/straight enough for bows? some carvers love the stuff-
>  for the color and the durability- might be an after market or
> some such for
> the non-bow
> sections, if you could connect with them...
> Pyro- I don't mind burning the useless stuff...call me,eh?

Just as a warning folks....it doesn't burn well.  It throws hot sparks when
it pops, and that happens a great deal.  Plus, you almost need an acetylene
torch to get it going.  Out where we are, in the country, the elders tell us
they used this stuff for the piers under the farmhouses.  I guess the
termites won't even touch the stuff.

If you want some stuff for carving and woodworking, I already have a number
of logs that are cut and have been seasoning for a year of more.

Pet.