Finally got a decent day when I could attack the pile of hedge splits. I dragged it out and knocked the snow off yesterday, today I split out belly splits, hogged bark and sapwood off a few and basically culled anything that wasn't going to be usable. This tree had some wind shakes or something in it, ruined a fair amount of the wood as you can see from the waste pile. The log was 9' long but there were knots on one end and funky grain on the other so I had to cut both ends to make staves. I was hoping to make billets as well as staves, no dice. I ended up with enough wood for about sixteen bows if you count a couple of short staves. I think there were three sets of sister billets, the rest is still as 72" staves. I've still got a lot of work to do but I made some progress today. In any case, just thought I'd post a follow-up in the event someone needed something to drool over. I just saw an ad in the paper for hedge posts, don't know if I will call or not. My hands hurt from all the drawknifing/splitting/froeing.
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