[Steppes] Osage harvesting (was Steppes Bowyers Guild)

[Jason Hitt]

I'd say split what you can't fit in your truck there
but the rest dont split (else you'll have to cover the
inside with something or it splits).

As for burning your better off with hickory; you'd
have better luck getting a brick to catch fire then
osage. The pieces too small for bows make good
woodcrafting/carving pieces as osage is very very
tough and pretty once polished.



--- jspinks at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Having been a house remodeler in a previous life and
> working on a lot of old
> houses- yes bois d'arc was used heavily instead of
> concrete piers and you can
> still find it under some old houses.
> Jacques
>
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:04:41 -0700 Patrick
> Cuccurello <pat at adtelusa.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
>
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