David DeCristoforo
12-28-2011, 5:56 PM
Today I received a couple of boxes of wood, one from Scott Hackler and one from Philip Labre.
Scott sent me several pieces of hackberry, a small chunk of osage orange and some pen blank sized pieces of box elder and sycamore. There was also a "finial sized" piece of amboyna burl. Either a finial or a very small pen... I don't make pens but I guess I should say "yet"!
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The box from Philip contained a beautiful chunk of spalted box elder and a lovely little cherry burl. Too sweet!
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I have never worked with hackberry. It grows abundantly here where I live and is jokingly called an "evergreen" due to the fact that most of the trees are infested with mistletoe which is bright green in winter and very prominently visible after the tree has dropped it's leaves. I guess I am going to find out if the hackberry that grows in Kansas is any different from the wood that grows here...
Scott sent me several pieces of hackberry, a small chunk of osage orange and some pen blank sized pieces of box elder and sycamore. There was also a "finial sized" piece of amboyna burl. Either a finial or a very small pen... I don't make pens but I guess I should say "yet"!
217467
The box from Philip contained a beautiful chunk of spalted box elder and a lovely little cherry burl. Too sweet!
217466
I have never worked with hackberry. It grows abundantly here where I live and is jokingly called an "evergreen" due to the fact that most of the trees are infested with mistletoe which is bright green in winter and very prominently visible after the tree has dropped it's leaves. I guess I am going to find out if the hackberry that grows in Kansas is any different from the wood that grows here...