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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: tetaxidermy on January 25, 2014, 08:21:02 pm

Title: Tree ID
Post by: tetaxidermy on January 25, 2014, 08:21:02 pm

Here is a tree I cut today not sure what it is, elm or hophornbeam. Very hard to split.(http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz103/wdmnerc/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTI0MjcuanBn_zps186f67b2.jpg) (http://s818.photobucket.com/user/wdmnerc/media/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTI0MjcuanBn_zps186f67b2.jpg.html)(http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz103/wdmnerc/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTI2MDguanBn_zpsd321dbc2.jpg) (http://s818.photobucket.com/user/wdmnerc/media/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTI2MDguanBn_zpsd321dbc2.jpg.html)(http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz103/wdmnerc/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTM2MTYuanBn_zps9808f9dd.jpg) (http://s818.photobucket.com/user/wdmnerc/media/bW1jMS9EQ0lNLzEwMExHRENGL0ltYWdlMDEyNTIwMTQxNTM2MTYuanBn_zps9808f9dd.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Danzn Bar on January 25, 2014, 08:43:48 pm

I'm not the expert....but if I was to guess , it looks like elm to me...........but I could be wrong.
Dbar

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: tetaxidermy on January 25, 2014, 08:54:55 pm

It smells like elm, either way good bow wood.

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Mohawk13 on January 25, 2014, 08:57:49 pm

Dogwood........You can tell by its bark :o.....Looks like elm.

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: lostarrow on January 25, 2014, 09:21:21 pm

looks like elm.Plane a small piece to see the grain and you'll know for sure. Definitely not HHB. Bark is a lot finer scales on the HHB. 

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Crogacht on January 25, 2014, 09:44:26 pm

The first thing that came to mind was elm, I have some like that drying in my garage. But I'm no expert on what are "exotic" trees over here :P

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Danzn Bar on January 25, 2014, 09:56:44 pm

Quote from: Crogacht on January 25, 2014, 09:44:26 pm

The first thing that came to mind was elm, I have some like that drying in my garage. But I'm no expert on what are "exotic" trees over here :P

Exotic!!  :o I bet you got some exceptional bow wood over there that we'd call exotic.  I 'd like to get my hands some of that stuff  :)
DBar

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: tetaxidermy on January 26, 2014, 09:00:25 am

Thanks for the info guys.

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: RyanR on January 26, 2014, 09:04:24 am

Definitely not HHB.

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: TRACY on January 26, 2014, 09:09:33 am

Looks more like red elm but hard to tell will little info and bark only. Bow wood at this point :)


Tracy

Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Blaflair2 on January 26, 2014, 10:36:34 am

Not HHB, red elm?