some more tips I thought of is make sure the staves you are looking at have date written on them,,really hard to remember when you cut staves,, another must is that they have a price,written on the staves,,you would not go to the market fill your shopping cart full of stuff with out knowing what the asking price is,,,,i also tend to mark state I cut it,, also just because the wood looks old,it may not osage will darken in a week in the sun,,cut into it with a pocket knife on the belly side make sure color is still dark,, mike
