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Offline Ross.m.

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What wood is this?
« on: February 22, 2014, 05:34:45 pm »
I cut it today. It looks to be a good tree regardless of if it is a osage or not.



Also this tree had two black spots in the heartwood. Is that something to be concerned about?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2014, 05:45:06 pm »
What color is the heartwood? Osage orange is bright yellow or orange.  Will you show the end grain?
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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2014, 05:47:28 pm »
A picture of the end grain of the wood is exactly three thousand five hundred and sixtytwo times more usefull than a pic of the bark. But I'm 99% sure that is not osage.

"Black spots" in the heartwood? What do you mean? Black is generally a color of decay or of iron/steel in high-tannin containing woods.
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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2014, 05:49:28 pm »
Doesn't look like osage bark to me. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2014, 05:51:07 pm »
Some bigger osage will have wind shakes in the middle that are darker, almost black from rot but the wood around it is usually sound. Osage doesn't decay easily or quickly like whitewoods.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2014, 06:30:41 pm »
Definitely does not look like osage bark to me.
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Offline Ross.m.

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2014, 06:42:41 pm »
If I peeled back some bark could I get and Id on it? I've already paint sealed the ends
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Offline Ross.m.

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2014, 07:06:37 pm »


Here's some bark taken off
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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2014, 07:11:20 pm »
Not really. That is about half of the bark removed. Only a very small patch of actual wood is visible, on the far lower right, almost out of the picture.
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Offline Ross.m.

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2014, 07:18:25 pm »
I am splitting it tomorrow so I guess I will wait till then
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Is This Osage?
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2014, 07:20:14 pm »
What color was the heartwood?
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Re: What wood is this?
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2014, 07:25:50 pm »
Maybe go back to where you cut it and see if you can find a leaf. Even a dead leaf would be a help. Try to be sure it's from this tree though.
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Offline TacticalFate

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Re: What wood is this?
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2014, 08:12:53 pm »
show us a pic of the cut end of the log
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Offline bubbles

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Re: What wood is this?
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2014, 08:13:11 pm »
The saw cut from where you cut the tree down, the spot that shows the rings, give a pic of that area.
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Re: What wood is this?
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2014, 08:19:33 pm »
Looks like young cottonwood or even basswood. Haint no osage, that's certain.
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