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Offline Wiley

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Re: Drift wood osage
« Reply #30 on: April 24, 2014, 12:23:31 am »
That end-grain is a thing of beauty.

Not so sure about bow wood being submerged but if any wood can handle it, osage would be one of them that would. Most wood that is still intact after sitting under water for a long time is worth more than wood from the same species.

Glad you got some nice staves out of it.
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Offline soy

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« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2014, 06:40:35 pm »
NICE!
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Drift wood osage
« Reply #32 on: April 26, 2014, 01:03:58 am »
Sinker cypress and heart pine are pulled from the bottoms of lakes a bayous. Supposed to pick up color from the minerals and stuff. I believe most wood does not rot when fully submerged for along time underwater. There's some chemical reaction that takes place
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2014, 01:08:27 pm »
The wood preserves if it is covered with a layer of silt or if the depths are extreme.  Lack of oxygen helps slow the process of decay. 
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Drift wood osage
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2014, 06:27:24 pm »
That's some good looking stuff right there Greg
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