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Offline soy

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wood id
« on: September 12, 2012, 06:18:42 pm »
Hay yew all,i got a call from gun doc last night " hey dude meet me at the truck stop I got something for you" so I meet him at the truck stop in the middle of the night :-[ and he hands me this piece of mystery wood ??? sweet what kind is it I ask he smiles and shrugs his shoulders... I'm thinking maybe Elm, but it's not stringy and a bit softer maybe cherry what you all think?
 
 
It Peels off like butter
 
 And the growth rings are very tight
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

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Re: wood id
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2012, 06:21:28 pm »
Sorry ran out of room here's a rest of the pics >:D
 
 
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Re: wood id
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2012, 06:23:57 pm »
I don't know what it is, but i love the story ;D  Guess that's why we call it an addiction >:D

Offline Hunter Van Winkle

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Re: wood id
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2012, 06:38:29 pm »
Not sure, eat some of the bark and tell us how it tastes.

Offline boughnut

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Re: wood id
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2012, 06:58:58 pm »
I am no yew expert but I say yew very tight rings there looks like a good piece.  looks well seasoned to.
« Last Edit: September 12, 2012, 07:02:30 pm by boughnut »

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Re: wood id
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2012, 07:18:24 pm »
Jerk! I'm drooling on my computer now.

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Re: wood id
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2012, 08:06:06 pm »
You have to meet Gundoc after hours more often.  It looks like he got confused and gave you the yew instead of the hickory he planned on.   Ron
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Re: wood id
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2012, 08:16:42 pm »
I have no idea what he gave yew  ;)

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Re: wood id
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2012, 10:04:52 pm »
Looks like cottonwood or maybe poplar. May as well heat the shop with that junk soybert. Ol' Josh pulled one over on you.....HONK-HONK!
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Re: wood id
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2012, 10:13:41 pm »
Yew got me ! I have no clue what type of wood yew got there Soy. Good luck figuring it out!


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Re: wood id
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2012, 11:19:30 pm »
Jerk! I'm drooling on my computer now.

Gabe
::)  >:D sorry


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Offline Newindian

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Re: wood id
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2012, 11:55:34 pm »
99% that is juniper only wood I have experience with and that looks just like it, but on second thought I think you would mention the smell, so yew
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Re: wood id
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2012, 02:43:13 am »
Not sure, eat some of the bark and tell us how it tastes.


Kinda nutty...with a hint of mildew, mixed with .....well what do u come up with after the taste test?
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Offline Bryce

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Re: wood id
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2012, 02:46:10 am »
Heartwood looks to dark to be yew.
But I'm usually wrong, ask the ol'lady :D
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Re: wood id
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2012, 09:41:15 am »
Not sure, eat some of the bark and tell us how it tastes.


Kinda nutty...with a hint of mildew, mixed with .....well what do u come up with after the taste test?


Just a guess, but I would say that yew would have a large bill at the hospital after a taste test.  Josh