I was accused of being a wood hoarder...

[Gus]

As we are in the process of relocating...
I have gathered my Dry Staves in one room.
Loaded my Strave Rack up with my Drying Staves on the Patio.
And all my Green/Wet Bodark on the Driveway.
Ran Three Years of Cut Off's through my Bandsaw and boxed em up...

Also gathered up all my Walking Stick and Carving Wood by the same Category...
I've been Gathering Wood for Carving a Lot longer than I have Bow Wood...
I'll have to get a photo or two of it once I get it all in one spot.



-gus

[Buckeye Guy]

I thought I was getting better
I gave away 4 truck loads
but am out of space again
Somebody help !!!
Guy

[Sparrow]

I cannot drive by a tree without thinking  "Will that make a bow ?"   '  Frank

[Eric Krewson]

I have more osage stockpiled than I can use in three lifetimes, hope I don't come across another tree that can be salvaged in front of a bull dozer, I can't turn away because I have the "disease".

Just the other day I was loading cut off scrap to go to the burn pile (always a very sad time) and before I could stop I had put three pieces of osage stave cut offs on my lathe and turned them into file handle blanks. I just couldn't throw them on the burn pile.



Nothing equals a fine osage file handle for beauty.

[4dog]

Gus...you and i buddy..walking stick wood ...bow wood...maybe its a Texas thing...i got more wood than ability...but...im keeping my wood...CAUSE ITS MINE YA HEAR HEAR ALLLL MINE!!!   MWAAAHAAA HAAA HAAAA!!!!  .....my precious....

[Patches]

Shew!!! Glad it is not just me!       Even if I am not saving osage from a dozer, there is a guy just down the road from me that sells osage for fencing material, and everytime I see a nice hedge post in the pile, I have to force myself to keep going.  He even calls sometimes telling me he has found a really nice tree if I want it...AAAAUUUGGHH!!! That guy is the reason I have no room on the drying racks.  I bought 4 hickory logs and one osage log and that took up all the room I had left.

Marks:  My wife and I are looking for a place to buy and my main requirement is that it either already has an outbuilding or shed or it has a place to build one so I can start storing wood there (and have all my primitive stuff in one place).

Poggins:  I do the same thing at MOJAM at the bandsaw.  that is where I found a piece of Pacific yew that became my first yew atlatl (piece was too short to do anything else with it).  Gotten alot of osage perfect for atlatls.   

Eric: Those are nice handles.  I have a friend that makes ink pens out of osage that is turned on a lathe, and I supply him with small peices to use.   

4dog:  thats funny right there!!  Start calling you Smeegil!   

[Gus]

Yes Sir!

Eric that's one of Many Perfect uses for Off Cuts of Bodark...
And Lends a Touch of Beauty to Any Tool... 

4Dog, You Got It Brotha...

Patches, your Comment Hits Sooo Close to Home with me.
We are Moving into a Smaller Rent home now... its killing me.
BUT, once we get my old place sold,  we'll be looking for a place with a little land.
Hoping for at least Five Acres,  either With a large Shop, or I'll be building one.
And I'll need a separate Drying Shed...

If I can assemble a decent Work Flow in a Good Size Shop...
I'd be Truly Dangerous...

With the Blessing of the Maker and a little Effort on our part, it Will Come to Pass!



-gus

[Eric Krewson]

I am sure every wood hoarder who looked at my handle blanks thought " great rings, perfect early wood, late wood ratio".

[okie64]

I am sure every wood hoarder who looked at my handle blanks thought " great rings, perfect early wood, late wood ratio".

Now thats funny! Thats exactly what I was thinking! Oh well, I guess Im a wood hoarder too.