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Hickory harvest
Eric Krewson:
I think the caption was something like; "When you cut too much osage you split the stuff until you pass out, when you come to return to splitting."
I used to cut as much osage as I could at one time, in the picture I filled about half my back yard with the stuff, I dragged it out of huge land clearing brush pile with a cable and my truck while the owners were lighting fire to the other end. I showed the owners one of my bows and they gave me permission to salvage the osage.
I worked on that osage for a month, my fingers and hands were swollen like sausages from all the drawknifing and I had to quit. I got most of it processed but did lose some to bugs and warping in the hot sun because I had enough.
After that debacle I never cut more than one tree at a time, I knew I could handle one large tree but not ten of them.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on September 04, 2023, 08:29:10 am ---I think the caption was something like; "When you cut too much osage you split the stuff until you pass out, when you come to return to splitting."
I used to cut as much osage as I could at one time, in the picture I filled about half my back yard with the stuff, I dragged it out of huge land clearing brush pile with a cable and my truck while the owners were lighting fire to the other end. I showed the owners one of my bows and they gave me permission to salvage the osage.
I worked on that osage for a month, my fingers and hands were swollen like sausages from all the drawknifing and I had to quit. I got most of it processed but did lose some to bugs and warping in the hot sun because I had enough.
After that debacle I never cut more than one tree at a time, I knew I could handle one large tree but not ten of them.
--- End quote ---
So true. Lol
Muskyman:
I remembered that picture while I was into about my 4th day working on this stuff. I wouldn’t even think about trying to harvest more than 1 or maybe 2 trees. I’d kinda forgotten how much work is involved in it from when I did it last year. Didn’t take to long to remember though. I laughed the first time I saw it when you sent it last year and again when I looked it up this year..
I’m going to take a few days away from it and bug spray the ones I haven’t gotten to yet.
What do you all think about a elb from this stave?
TimBo:
Wow, that's quite a crown. I would be tempted to use the right side where it is flat if that would be wide enough. It appears to be straight enough.
Muskyman:
Thought about that TimBo. This tree was kinda strange it almost looked like two trees had grown
together. I split it down the two seams where it looked like the two had grown together. It was probably about 10 to 12 inches wide. I’ll take a closer look at it tomorrow. I think the other end has a more typical grain.. I just thought it might make a elb but, probably just see if I can make a flat bow with it. Weird looking though..
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