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Offline luke the drifter

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osage stave haul
« on: December 11, 2012, 02:54:04 pm »
a while back, a guy had found a huge osage orange tree that had blowed over.  i recall seeing five maybe six logs being cut out of it, 10 maybe 12 inches in diameter.  there was something of a pool to guess how many staves it would make.  the pictures showed it falling over a creek(?).  i am just curious as to how many it finally made. 

Offline Pat B

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 03:03:05 pm »
Luke, that was Clint(Osage Outlaw) that took on that tree. If he doesn't reply to this thread try sending him a PM.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 03:32:41 pm »
I think he was in the 120-130 range.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 05:04:33 pm »
That was me.  The total was 109 and 6 billets but I sinew backed one of the billets and got a short hunting bow so I guess 110 is the actual number.  Keenan won the guessing contest.  I sent him a stave with a hole in it.  The wood from this tree has been of very high quality so far.  I just got done working on a piece from it.  It is cooling off on my caul right now.

Here is the link

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,27170.165.html
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Offline Scaramouche

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2012, 05:49:27 pm »
I just saw that pic of osage outlaw standing next to all those staves.

Sure is dusty in here.....

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 09:06:18 pm »
I just saw that pic of osage outlaw standing next to all those staves.

Sure is dusty in here.....

What do you mean?
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Offline Scaramouche

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Re: osage stave haul
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2012, 10:37:50 am »
I was saying, it must be dusty, because my eyes were watering looking at all those staves.

Also, I emailed my wife that pic, and told her to think of that the next time she complained about my few seasoning staves.