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Offline JWMALONE

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Tree ID?
« on: April 05, 2018, 12:19:12 pm »
My tree ID skills are lacking, I know its pathetic. Pretty sure its some type of Hickory.




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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2018, 01:15:05 pm »
I'd say its a hickory of sorts based of the fleshy color. But, I cant say that furshur. You can get a "Trees of "fill in the blank"" colored pocket book for $12. Well worth it.
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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2018, 01:15:49 pm »
Kinda' ashy looking to.
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Offline Hrothgar

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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2018, 01:48:07 pm »
Core isn't real dark but the bark isn't diamond shape either, so I'm learning towards hickory.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2018, 01:56:29 pm »
Doesn't have hickory typically grow a lot slower than that? It looks similar to ash, but.....
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Offline JWMALONE

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2018, 02:16:29 pm »
Thanks Guys. It sorta grew with a twist and was awful knotty toward one end. I figure at least 8 nice risers in it for tilams, several knife and or hatchet handles in it.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2018, 02:43:30 pm »
Pretty sure it's ash.
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Offline JWMALONE

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2018, 03:05:17 pm »
Ash would make good riser wood right?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2018, 04:04:27 pm »
Does it have a smell. My first thought was sassafras.
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Offline JWMALONE

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2018, 04:06:45 pm »
Pat no smell that I can tell. Of course I've smoked captain black for a lot of years the ole sniffer don't work to good. Ill go dig up a root and give it a chew.
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Offline ThreeSons

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2018, 10:15:46 am »
This is for sure sassafras. The twig structure/ colour, flowers, bark and wood colour all point to the root beer wood. Wow they are flowering early! Still cold and snowing here in southern Ontario.   (S)
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Offline gfugal

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2018, 11:29:28 am »
If one end is twisted and knotted maybe instead of trying to get a full-length bow out of it you can get billets for a splice or takedown from the good end?
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Tree ID?
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2018, 01:24:27 pm »
Sassafras grows like a weed hence the wider growth rings, ash rings would be much tighter.
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Offline JonW

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« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2018, 08:55:00 pm »
All the sassafras I've cut had an obvious sapwood ring.
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