another load of osage ( new pics added todays load biggest ever)

[Prarie Bowyer]

Son of a..... Why  can't I find that sort of haul!

God hates me.

[osagejack]

yes I do use osage in some of the rustic furnature,,and I heat my house with osage scrap,,,,  I really hit the jackpot today I will post more photos this evening,,my new wife has never seen osage fever,,she is trying to find a cure, she is not having any luck

[jimbows]

Wow nice haul. wish i had a place to cut that much

[osagejack]

here are photos of some I found today,,

[osagejack]

these are some of the cleanest osage  I have ever seen,,the two larger trees will have about 75 staves each

[Pat B]

Mike, are you planning on getting any of those 2" suckers? I got one from you a few years ago at the Classic and I made 2 killer bows from it.

[osagejack]

I have got tons of them cut,,fresh and some that are 3 years old

[Pat B]

For now, I'll take one of each. Who know when we get to Twin Oaks. 

[BOWMAN53]

You guys make me sick lol. I have spend $20 to get a hickory board and here you guys just go out and cut all the wood you want for free lol.

[osagejack]

trust me its not free,,i pay the farmers well ,,plus I loose a lot of blood and sweat  it is very hard to find clean osage

[Poggins]

It costs one way or another, blood and sweat as well as helping the land owner one way or another.
One of the landowners I cut Osage on wants any of the wood I'm not saving cut into firewood for him and another I work on his equipment when he needs help . It's worth it though , word gets around when you keep your brush piled up and clean up when your done and that opens other places up in the future .

[Sidewinder]

OJ I feel ya on the back but what I would be dreading is debarking and prepping all those beauties. Thats where the real work begins. I guess your abs will be six packs by the time your done. Tell us how you survive that marathon event. I'd like to know.   Danny

[Eric Krewson]

Looks like I will have to have carpel tunnel surgery in the near future, debarked and removed too much sapwood with my draw knife from that "Free" osage I collected over the last 17 years, really took a toll on my aging body.

Don't know how Mike stands up to the rigors of his profession. I get cold chills just thinking about all the work he has ahead of him turning those great logs into one ring staves.

[osagejack]

I know what u mean  I feel old,,had a long day today I cut and split and hauled out a hundred staves trying to beat rain fri..my fingers are bent in the shape of drawknife,, I will post some pics this eve, more splitting till church time,

[Thesquirrelslinger]

LOL, I want to try osage sometime.
Trade? I cannot make it to Classic(I cant drive:(), I live in Northern Kentucky.
VERY nice rings on that piece!!!!
I like BL cause I got Access to it!
Where do you guys find/cut osage?
-Squirrel