Author Topic: Hazelnut haul (Read 4156 times)

Keenan · « **on:** March 28, 2008, 08:44:25 pm »

A good friend just stopped by with a little surprise. Seems he made a trip to the valley and on his way back home he drove by a hazelnut tree farm that had cut down the trees and were getting ready to burn them

So he rescued a few

Not knowing much about bow woods he opened the back of the truck and asked "is hazelnut any good"?

I know JJ and Tiller find it hard to believe that I have friends so here's the proof

Keenan

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Rich Saffold · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2008, 09:15:12 pm »

Keenan, you got friends in high places, or vice versa

Don't you just love it when you don't have to break a sweat, to get free wood!

Rich

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2008, 09:50:33 pm »

Im impressed. I guess I need to get some better friends or higher friends. Justin

Gordon · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2008, 11:47:45 pm »

Can you really make bows out of that stuff?

juniper junkie · « **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2008, 12:00:23 am »

wow, good score. just dont forget us little people.

cowboy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2008, 12:15:46 am »

Good haul Keenan!! I just love these success stories - even though you haven't actually built anything from them yet, I know bows are forthcoming

. Somthing about raw materials gets me fired up

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330bull · « **Reply #6 on:** March 29, 2008, 01:43:46 pm »

Do you know which sides are the tension sides? The last few staves I harvested I marked the tension sides, and when I cut them in half with a bandsaw, it was obvious the tension sides had more spring in them.

BigWapiti · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2008, 01:11:03 am »

Keenan, can I be your friend?

I'll even provide my address, for free.

Gordon · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2008, 04:24:32 am »

Joe,

I've never worried about that with hazelnut - it doesn't seem to hold tension like vine maple.

Keenan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2008, 12:59:29 pm »

Good friend for sure.

Gordon thanks for the info. The bark isn't wanting to come off very easy but not going to complain.

JJ Don't worry I think there will some that I can trade. I'm not sure how to approach these staves they are straight with almost no knots or severe kinks to work.

I've never had this complication befor

Keenan

El Destructo · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2008, 01:27:18 pm »

Send it to Dana....He is the Master of the Straight Stave!!!!

BryanB · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2008, 03:06:40 pm »

keenan-
Nice haul. You will find that hazel is very easy to work with.
They can have fairly thin rings, so be careful with that draw knife.

Bryan

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