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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Hunts with stone on March 16, 2013, 10:37:25 am

Title: Thought this was ash?
Post by: Hunts with stone on March 16, 2013, 10:37:25 am

Any guess to type of wood this is? Cut near river so I picked it up and it looked like ash but the wieght is a lot Heavier and is seasoned like my ash staves are picking up to like staves it's twice the Weight.(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/Tris_Smith/knapping/8D6ED0CD-3638-441C-B63B-CB1D31C67DEC-7054-00000E0C5E5C05E1_zpsb21acd9d.jpg)(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/Tris_Smith/knapping/52583DF7-3CB7-441A-9CE0-F4F4D19DD177-7054-00000E0C6A096CBB_zps63c8e4b5.jpg)

Title: Re: Thought this was ash?
Post by: okie64 on March 16, 2013, 10:44:53 am

Yes it is ash. Makes great baseball bats ;D

Title: Re: Thought this was ash?
Post by: Hunts with stone on March 16, 2013, 03:07:01 pm

Thanks for the ID

Title: Re: Thought this was ash?
Post by: DarkSoul on March 16, 2013, 07:48:55 pm

Yup, that is ash. Those rings look great to me! Little earlywood and a lot of latewood, which indicates high specific gravity (SG). This is a good thing with ring porous woods such as ash; the higher the SG, the better! Ash can be really variable in SG, with some pieces exceptionally good and others dramatically low. If this bow turns out good, you might want to harvest more ash from that specific patch of trees...

Title: Re: Thought this was ash?
Post by: Josh Shuck on March 17, 2013, 10:13:15 pm

Definitely ash.  There are several varieties of ash some better than others.  If that's white ash... That's a phenomenal piece.