Cherry Burls

[Ken Hill]

Got the call today that I can go in and cut every burl I can find. In this picture alone there are over 30. This section will be clear cut this spring so its open season. Sunday thats where we will be, high on the ridge picking up blanks I have cut and cutting more.

I know to cut the tree off a foot or so from the burl on each end, but how small is to small? Some of these ranged from two fists to basket ball size.

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[David E Keller]

Obviously the larger burls will give you more options, but the smaller ones are great for small hollowforms, boxes, ornaments, and pens. Be careful, Nate will be offering you $3 apiece for them as that's what he's accustomed to paying!:D If you have round two of burlapalooza, you can put me down.

[Jim Burr]

In the boat with Keller...send me what is affordable...on his tab!;)

[David E Keller]

In the boat with Keller...send me what is affordable...on his tab!;)

Nice of you to keep it affordable on my tab... Most would not be so frugal with the funds of another!

[Jim Burr]

Ahhh...but a fellow medicine brother to another!! Ok Ken...His on my tab...$10 buck worth!

[Ken Hill]

Well I have to shoot a wedding kind of close to there so its not an out of the way trip. We figure the big bears are denned up so I havent been back down to hunt, I get an update every few days and am packed and ready to roll out if they call LOL!

I will surely post my haul, hopefully its a truck full and then some! The Monster is still out of reach for now so I will be sharing ofcourse.

[David E Keller]

...The Monster is still out of reach for now so I will be sharing ofcourse.

If you're taking up a collection for a monster, I'm sure we could work something out!:D

[Scott Hackler]

Ken, if you end up doing a "burlpoloosa part two" I am definitely in the hand raising crowd! And if Keller has a tab.....well I will take them all!!! :)

[Steve Kubien]

Mr. Hackler, how is your paw feeling? Did you survive Christmas lifting of adult beverages?

[Ken Hill]

You guys know I will gladly share. I am writing up Mr "Moneybags' Kellers invoice now haha:D

[Nate Davey]

I thought $3 was a very reasonable price for those ugly old burls. I'll take mine on the good Dr. tab too:D

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Ken,
I would be happy to contribute to your Monster Fund. If the timing is right I might even stop by while heading south in January.
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[Ken Hill]

I couldnt take any money for these, they arent costing me anything but some time and gas/oil. If I had to pay to harvest them I intern would pass it on. Faust, you are more then welcome to come by. Ive been getting calls almost daily about wood so I hope to start building a health supply. A buddy called today and said he had someone with a black walnut, huge tree, down and needed it cut up and hauled off. He called back to say another person was already handling it and all they had left was some trash trees.....I asked him to stop and get me some pics just incase those "trash" trees might be something worth getting LOL!

What have you people turned me in to bahahaha!

[Ken Hill]

BTW, they are calling for high wind tomorrow, so when I head to town I will take all back roads with my saws ready to help "clear" roads LOL

[Peter Elliott]

I see another road trip for DAMP... let me know!

[David DeCristoforo]

I'll trade you some peyote for a few of those burls...

[Ken Hill]

No Peyote DD, but I wont pass up a jug of clear mountain juice;) Around these parts its as good as cash LOL

[Larry Pickering]

David is not the only one with a wood fetish, would be more than happy to make a donation to your monster fund, have trouble finding burls on the cypress trees, around here.

[Roger Chandler]

You just got that Jet.....barely got it dusted up, Ken! What's this about a Monster fund? If you are going to do that, then might as well step it up some...............go Robust American Beauty.........or perhaps a VB-36..........I mean, why take more intermediate steps than is necessary? :D:p