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Marc St Louis:
I've burnt a few staves myself that weren't up to par.
I cut a Maple a few years ago specifically for bows, sadly it wasn't quite as nice as this tree.
It's not worth my while, with the amount of work involved in getting a log out of the bush and then splitting it, to sell wood. A log of Maple that size weighs several hundred pounds which I would have to manhandle by hand to get it out and it was some 30' from my trail. If I could get to my wood lot in the Summer time it wouldn't be so bad but I'm surrounded by a swamp and the only time I can get back there to get firewood is in the Winter.
bodark:
Thank goodness most Okies don't burn Osage.
bradsmith2010:
just do what you need to do,, I am sure you gonna make plenty of bow, need to stay warm to make it too summer,, (-S
Hawkdancer:
Sometimes, life gets in the way! It would be a tough decision, either way, but as you said, Marc, getting the log out would be a lot of work, even with pulleys and a "come along"!
Hawkdancer
Springbuck:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on January 18, 2018, 12:31:55 pm ---I have second thoughts about cutting up a tree for firewood. I took down a 12" Sugar Maple this morning and started cutting it up into stove lengths. As I was looking at it I had second thoughts. The first 6' was pipe straight with no branches. It was a tough decision but I need firewood more than I need staves right now
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But what about the rest of us, Marc? Thinking only of yourself? ;D ;) I mean I live in Utah and wrestle bows out of scrubby, lumpy elm saplings stolen from vacant lots, spliced at the handle with scotch tape. A straight 6' trunk of hard maple would make me cry for joy.
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