Author Topic: Any idea what this is? (Read 5335 times)

riverrat · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2015, 10:35:59 pm »

can you post a up close look at that bark and the edge of one of the logs ,cut off flush , with bark on it ? thanks Tony

JW_Halverson · « **Reply #16 on:** September 16, 2015, 10:42:12 pm »

Can you get a better close-up photo of the bark? Take that photo with you and go walking around your city parks and any woodlots where you are welcome. Match bark and then get a shot of the leaves. From the bark close-up and a leaf photo, identification is pretty likely.

missilemaster · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:36:57 am »

Im 99 percent sure thats hickory.

Pappy · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:20:13 am »

I zoomed in on the picture and I am with Cody,looks like Pignut Hickory to me.

Pappy

LittleBen · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2015, 01:30:40 pm »

Quote from: missilemaster on September 17, 2015, 08:36:57 am

Im 99 percent sure thats hickory.

As am I, so that means 198% it's hickory.

Ippus · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2015, 03:03:53 pm »

Hickory? That's really cool. I didn't think we had any growing in this area, so that would be a neat find.

I'll have to see if I can get some more pics tonight. I have a larger piece that I cut these from; it wasn't as straight, but you might be able to see the cross-section better.

Ippus · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:07:05 pm »

Okay, so I did manage to get some additional close-up pictures. The outdoor shots are from a larger chunk of the same log.

Indoor bark close up

Outdoor bark close ups, full sun

Indoor cross-section, w/glue

Outdoor cross-sections

riverrat · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:42:53 pm »

hickory , its not elm or walnut.Tony

LittleBen · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:32:19 pm »

How about a picture of clean (not rough) end grain and edge grain as close as you can get the camera to focus.

FWIW it's much easier to I'd if you look at the leaves too.

Ippus · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2015, 11:18:25 pm »

Sadly there weren't any leaves left by the time it came to me. I was originally just going to use it for firewood, or I probably would have asked more questions when I got it.

I've started peeling it, taking off the outer bark, which seems fairly thin, and the spongy inner layer, and I have some additional attempts at close-up grain shots.

Also, I'm becoming suspicious that there may be some kind of irritant in the bark/tissue I'm removing. That, or I'm getting a cold, which wouldn't be that surprising, either.

Pappy · « **Reply #25 on:** September 18, 2015, 06:46:05 am »

Sorry I pretty sure the 198% is wrong, including me, don't think it's Hickory now, looks like some kind of maple maybe. $:-\$ Pappy

Badger · « **Reply #26 on:** September 18, 2015, 08:16:32 am »

Sycamore?

blackhawk · « **Reply #27 on:** September 18, 2015, 08:43:11 am »

Aint a sycamore steve...

Looks like either red or silver maple to me...but either way its a maple for sure. I dont think its hard/sugar/rock maple..which means its one of the "soft" maples. Itll work for a bow,but its not great or even average bow wood. Go long and wide and keep the weight low-ish.

And whats the discoloration on the sapwood where you removed the bark? Did this wood sit outside for a bit before ya got it? It just looks like it has unhealthy dark streaks on it from here...

Ippus · « **Reply #28 on:** September 18, 2015, 10:40:46 am »

The black stuff is where a little paint or something rubbed off the wedge when I was splitting.

bubbles · « **Reply #29 on:** September 18, 2015, 04:42:54 pm »

I feel like the bark is vaguely reminiscent of Manitoba maple. Kind of a weed tree. It looks like in the original pictures there is a pretty massive pith channel in those logs, unless I'm not seeing it right.

Primitive Archer