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Offline Kegan

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Hickory Haul
« on: June 14, 2007, 05:10:27 pm »
Well, my stash of staves was running low- just a coupla elm peices and a red oak stave set aside for a David W. Well, we all know what that means- STAVE RUN! SO I took the hatchet and took to the woods. Not a hundred yards in I found a really nice shagbark and went to chopping. I figured that I could get at least six staves outta it, mostly figuring the knots higher up would give me alot of trouble in spltting. After an hour of splitting and cutting, I had TWELVE nice staves, ten large ones, a narrow "kid bow" stave, and a really thin shorty. Well, I'm good to go. The local trees are gonna be safe for a while now ;D

The only tools I used for the entire job and the finished products.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2007, 05:16:01 pm »
Looks like a nice haul. Better get them sealed.    Pat
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Offline Justin Snyder

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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2007, 05:16:22 pm »
Looks good to me.  I think you are supposed to go before you run out.  That way these would be dry before you run out.  ;D  Justin
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Offline tom sawyer

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2007, 05:40:31 pm »
Looks like bow wood to me.  I'll take the one on the left.

Hatchet and a wooden wedge?  Better you than me.
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2007, 05:56:02 pm »
Quote from: tom sawyer on June 14, 2007, 05:40:31 pm
Looks like bow wood to me.  I'll take the one on the left.



I have five like that- figured to trade them here and save some of the gnarly "character" peices for my own bows. Guess you read my mind;D
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Offline david w.

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2007, 06:13:44 pm »
thats alot of wood. how long will it take for it to dry.
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2007, 06:17:32 pm »
I give hickory at least three months. Most other woods I use it takes only one or two.
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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2007, 06:52:27 pm »
Nice haul Kegan, I need to do the same except I have a chainsaw ;D
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2007, 06:57:14 pm »
Aww, but where's the fun in sitting on the damp ground for twenty minutes chipping away at an eight-inch tree hoping it doesn't suddnely give and fall on your head;D?
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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2007, 09:23:16 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2007, 06:24:48 am »
Nice haul Kegan,now you can go to work,O I forgot you done it with a hatchet you already
been working. ;D
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2007, 10:00:00 am »
Just imagine what the stack would look like if he had a chainsaw.  He would want one a little better than the electric chainsaw Knothead and I had at Marie's house.  :P Justin
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Re: Hickory Haul
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2007, 10:38:44 am »
Ironman.  I'm impressed.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2007, 11:28:20 am »
   Good work there, yesterday I hauled a 150# log only about 1/2 block from a neighors front yard and it kind of killed the rest of my evening for a few hours LOL. Steve
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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2007, 12:13:56 pm »
Nice work Kegan! That'll keep you out of trouble for awhile!!! ;D ;D
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