Just got done splitting some more so called fire wood

Before



After.



This one didn't split the way I wanted but thats ok.

Must be nice to live in the land of the hedgeapple.

Mark.

It's not hedgeapple, bodark or ossage

It's Mullberry

No kiddin? I heard mulberry looks simular and oxidizes like osage.

When you take off that sapwood,let me know if the spring wood is reddish. Reason being, is I have a stave that is supposal mulberry. Wide rings. Gold like osage. But the early wood is reddish. I honestly don't know what it is.

Mark.

I dont think it will have any spring growth cause the limb was dead. But I'll check it

Besides that now I have it split I intend to just run it through the band saw in prep to make laminations.

The top log in the first pic I will probably just cut up into riser lenghts as its not exactly straight enough for lams.

Everyone that lives around Russ have gone out and bought a pit bull to guard their trees since he started making bows. I don't have any trees that are worth cutting in my yard yet so I'm safe, unless he starts to make arrows out of Red Tipped Patina's!

may be able to get you some black walnut at the new house