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Offline Jakesnyder

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Discolored osage
« on: June 26, 2022, 09:33:19 pm »
Anyone ever see something like this? What causes the discoloration?

Offline meanewood

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2022, 09:40:02 pm »
Is this the 'back' of your stave and have you chased a ring?
If so, It looks like the transition from early to late wood rather than a ring violation.
Maybe not!

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2022, 11:06:18 pm »
I agree.
Another note...be sure to follow that vertical grain when laying out the bow.
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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2022, 11:07:22 pm »
If it's as hard as the rest of the wood don't worry about it. Could be a mineral stain or even a non-lethal fungal stain.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2022, 07:13:08 am »
Yes it's the back and I've chased the ring. It's not a ring violation.  And yes pat b it's as hard as everything else.

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2022, 08:11:00 am »
So is between the early wood and late wood is there part that is still  latewood but the start of it is lighter till you get farther in the ring more? Hope it makes sense. Never noticed a difference before. I've been chasing rings for years now.

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2022, 08:54:23 am »
Early wood is crunchy, honeycomb like and the late wood is hard and smooth.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2022, 10:11:48 am »
Just use a scraper or even a knife as a scraper  to GENTLY remove it. Jawge
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Offline Jakesnyder

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2022, 03:27:34 pm »
Yes I will remove it. This ain't my first time chasing a ring it's not the crunchy early wood. It's within the late wood. It's hard to explain but I got my answer. Thanks

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2022, 04:59:15 pm »
Just go for it.   :OK
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2022, 08:49:57 pm »
I can't be sure from the photo, and I can't see the end grain, but it looks to me like you have gone a little too deep into the late ring, into what some people call lunar rings. They're appear sort of like mini early wood rings in the latewood. You really only notice them on thick ringed wood.

You can either just continue on, not going any deeper on those spots that show up, or if you have plenty of wood underneath, go to the lower ring of earlywood an be a little more careful when scraping.

In all likelihood you probably haven't gone deep enough to compromise the back ring.

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Discolored osage
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2022, 09:13:23 am »
I see this every now and then, no big deal just the way some osage grows, I have found it not to be early wood transition just part of a late wood ring.