Green Ash

[John K]

Anyone ever work with it   

I'm picking some up tomorrow, i've heard it's good.

[DanaM]

Never used green ash but like all ash I would say keep it wide and long.
I would also heat reflex it to reduce the amount of set it will take.

[John K]

Thanks Dana !

[El Destructo]

Used Green Ash Before....it's alright....makes better Bows than Shade trees....I cut mine down and made a few Bows from it!!It will take set though.....So I would make er wide....and temper the Belly....and maybe flip da Tips a bit!!!

[John K]

My uncle had one cut down yesterday, and i just can't see it going into the chipper !! So i'm heading over there with a buddy to split and seal it up, it's got to be better than Black Ash 

[Hillbilly]

Not as good as white ash, but probably better than black.

[John K]

Well got back from from the wood run today, looks like the Green Ash should make a good bow. Now the Honey Locust looked real good, or so i think it's Honey Locust. It has the long cigar shaped seed pods, but no thorns on the trunk or branches........very heavy dense wood about an inch of white sap wood then a nice almost redish brown heart wood. Anybody ever hear of a Honey Locust with no thorns  I didn't get many full length staves, but quit a few billets      All in all it was a great day   

John

[El Destructo]

John...I dont think what you have is Honey Locust....cause it is some Thorny Chit....big honkin Thorns on the trunk and Branches....really mean Wood!!!

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[John K]

Hmmm.....so what else has those long brown cigar type seed pods 

[Hillbilly]

By cigar-shaped do you mean round? Honey locust has big flat pods. There are several ornamental cultivars of honey locust without thorns that are bred from var. inermis, a naturally thornless subspecies. They all have flat pods, though. The only tree off the top of my head that would have long, round seedpods and dark brown heartwood would be catalpa. It's not a heavy, dense wood, though. Where are you located?

[John K]

Hillybilly, I'm in Wisconsin, and yes they where flat not round. We use to just call it the cigar tree. My uncle planted it 30 years ago in front of his house. I was wondering if was some kind of Honey Locust that was cultivated to not have thorns...  I'll try and get some pics up later of the bark and wood.

Thanks John

[Hillbilly]

It's probably a Shademaster or Sunburst honeylocust. Are (were  ) the leaves green or yellowish?

[John K]

Not sure on the leaves, no leaves this time of year  and i never paid attention before  Now that i have bow building brain i can hardly drive down the road, i keep looking at all the trees 

[Pat B]

The seed pods on honey locust, like Steve said, are big and flat. They are dark brown and look like an over sized bean pod(they are legumes like beans are). Honey locust pods have a sweet taste to them also and deer love them when ripe.     Pat

[John K]

Thanks Pat, Those are what the seed pods looked like, just no thorns on the tree....i'll get some pics up later of the bark and wood.

John