Started my day with coffee and Ring Chex. You say you don't get that variety of Chex in your local grocery? Sorry, it only comes in wood.
Iowabow brought me this stave last spring when he came out to hunt turkeys. It had lain on the ground long enough for the bark and most of the sapwood to rot nicely. It also checked pretty good, so I am chasing Rings and Chex.
Taking a break to go get more coffee and some pics. Here's where I left off:
It's a pretty dang wide stave with probably two really good flatbows in her, if I can get below the checks in the wood. I am quite sure I have the depth, so I am beating the heck out of things with the draw knife. No care for growthrings or such polite niceties, just hogging wood!
So far I have not encountered as much as a single pin knot. Hehehe, this may be some uber-ultra-superduper-primo wood. Or it might be a large pile of Shavings Chex. I guess we'll see if I need a big spoon or a tillering tree before this is done!