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Sister staves
Pappy:
It really is David.I got started on the one with the hole last night.I think I will work on the
together.I plan to get them thinned and reflexed and straightened this week end if all goes
well.It is good clean wood just snaky. :)
Pappy
DCM:
I split a winged elm night before last, about 10" on the butt end. 90 degrees of twist running 40" of it's lenght, and the other end (40" as well) straight as a string. I think I'm gonna part it in the middle and leave 4 sets of billets. Winged elm is the one wood I've found that is as naturally knarly and wretched as osage. Vine maple or Guava may be the only other two, but not native to our area. It was an absolute beast to split. Folks who complain about splitting osage ain't obviously ain't fooled with elm. But I love character wood, so I ain't skeared.
Pappy:
I have split some Elm,don't know what kind but it was tough.Osage to me ant much trouble if it ant just riddled wit knots.On the elm I was just splitting fire wood so I suppose a stave would be a bear. :)
Pappy
Robinwho:
You lucky devil, those are nice staves , I would love to buy one, LOL
We don't get osage down here at all.
GregB:
While Jeff was off showing Pappy a couple of hickory trees Jeff and I had marked for cutting, I was thinning one of the chubby sisters (per Pappy's request) just prior to my sealing it with shellac to later allow Pappy to steam and straighten her. Pappy is going to accuse me of causing a check in the handle...don't believe him, I'm sure it was already there! ;) Pappy don't see none to good you understand... ;)
By the way...Pappy makes me do most of the hard work on his bows by threatening to bar me from the dutch oven meals...and he takes all the credit! ;D
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