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Title: Need wood ID
Post by: Trapper on December 29, 2007, 04:12:54 pm
Guys I was at a place the other day that had a brand new rail fence around it, The guys there said that it was cedar , but it looked just like Yew too me and I was wondering if there is a cedar that looks exactly like yew?     Trapper
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: nvstickbow on December 29, 2007, 06:00:48 pm
Not sure where you are located but juniper is sometimes referred to as mountain cedar.  Looks similar to yew.  It is actually in the same family.
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: wvfknapper on December 29, 2007, 06:22:41 pm
Trapper

A lot of the rail fence around here is Western red Cedar,,, Looked at some in Lowes , first thing I thought was Bow Staves  :o But the wood seemed really light and extremely dry so I dont know,,, Maybe a sinew backed Bow ??

wvflintknapper
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: Trapper on December 29, 2007, 08:16:36 pm
Well Ive used both Juniper and western red cedar, and eastern red cedar , and Ive built bows from yew, and this wood looks like yew, so I dont know maybe I can get some more answers on this question, I hope.    Trapper
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: Pat B on December 30, 2007, 04:40:03 pm
Joe, it could possibly be POC or even yew I guess. Don't know why they would sell yew as fence rails. It could even be an exotic wood from elsewhere.  Got any pics to show us the staves?     Pat
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: Trapper on December 31, 2007, 06:18:19 am
No Not yet Pat, but Im fixing too buy a couple I think, and see what it does, Sure looks like it too me. But as soon as I get a stave of it I will take picks too show.    Trapper
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: Marc St Louis on December 31, 2007, 09:23:04 am
Joe
Northern White Cedar looks a bit like Yew in color. Very soft wood though. How dense was this wood?
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: tom sawyer on December 31, 2007, 11:06:37 am
Doesn't Western cedar look a lot like yew?  That is what our local lumber place carries for split-rail fencing.  There's quite a bit of variation in the look of wood, I don't know how you'd tell for sure.
Title: Re: Need wood ID
Post by: Trapper on December 31, 2007, 03:33:21 pm
Well I guess the best thing too do is too buy some and see what happens HUH? I wont know for sure until then so I will keep you all posted on how it goes OK?   One rail is 9.00. so I wouldnt be losing much if it isnt yew, but it looks too me like it.  Thanks guys for the info.      Trapper