Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ink on March 23, 2014, 03:57:38 pm
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So i cut down a 6" tree today cause it was nice and straight and had many usable sections all the way up it. Before i cut it i had thought it was an elm of some sorts. It had just started budding i could see the leaves that looked like Elm leaves. Anyways after cutting it i noticed that it had a darker heart wood section. I've cut elm before and never seen a darker heart wood area. Any thoughts on what this might be?
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Red elm...good stuff! Josh
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yeah i thought it was slippery elm, just never seen it with the dark heart
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Have fun splitting it ;D
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Have fun splitting it ;D
;D
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Lol, i split a 14" elm log once. Needless to say i had a hard time walking after.
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just hope it works out better than that bad batch you got
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Looks like elm to me. id say saw a kerf down it first to help split the beast!
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The dark heartwood is why they call it Red Elm.
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Yep, red elm. Just split some yesterday. Actually split out real nice and easy. A little stringy bit nothing a hatchet won't take care of.
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Yep, that's red elm. I cut a couple one time for fire wood that was about 3 feet across! Lucky I had a wood splitter.
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Be sure to duck when it spits a wedge at you :laugh:
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Not that it matters much, but that looks more like American elm to me than slippery/red. Easy way to "test" is to take a leaf and place it in your palm, clap your hands together. The red elm will stick to your hand, American will fall off. Red has larger leaves and has a sandpaper feel to the top side.
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Take a knife and cut into the outer bark. If you see alternating light and dark layers in the bark it's american. But it looks like slippery/red elm to me.