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Offline wapiti1997

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Red Osage
« on: February 20, 2016, 07:14:17 pm »
I cut this this week, this 6 foot log, 2' thick, was in the middle of the tree.. there's another 10-12' below and some other in the branches..



I started removing sapwood and although the pic doesn't show it, it was almost a maroon red color when first exposed.  I've never seen an osage look this way when you first hit the heartwood..


I know Clint had mentioned red osage before, but i've only seen it this one time.  I think I can get 50 or so staves from this tree...
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Offline paco664

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2016, 07:16:58 pm »
*(weeping quietly here in the wood desert i live in.. )

congratulations *(returns to weeping with occasional wail of despair)
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2016, 07:17:22 pm »
Dang-o-Dang man!!! Thats some sweet lookin stuff.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2016, 07:18:47 pm »
Wow Joe looks like you hit red gold, was that a dead standing tree?..........Need any help?
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2016, 07:33:23 pm »
It fell during a storm last year, was still alive with some roots still in the ground. Heavy wood too, sap running...

I had a couple neighbor kids flinging arrows today, 12 and 13, figured I'd get them addicted before they get too tainted by girls...  Told them I'd help them make their own bows this summer if they wanted..
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2016, 09:55:27 pm »
Nice find Joe.  Make sure you seal those staves really thoroughly.  The red stuff I have cut checked badly.  Even the sides of the staves developed cracks.  It was worse than any osage I have cut.  But it sure does make a nice bow.   
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Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2016, 10:40:37 pm »
Great find Joe 50 staves wow
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Offline Dakota Kid

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2016, 02:47:10 am »
That's it, gosh darn it!! >:(   I'm moving further south. :laugh:

Let me know if you wanna trade a stave for one of a more inferior northern wood.  >:D
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2016, 11:55:31 am »
That's some nice looking Kentucky Osage right there
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2016, 12:28:44 pm »
I love me some red osage!  nice looking stuff there Joe. I've found that all of the red osage I've seen has heavier than the standard and like Clint said brittle but it makes great bows.
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2016, 12:49:35 pm »
That piece yielded 20 staves, some pipe straight and clean, some with knotholes and some slight snakey grain.  There is still a bigger dbh 7' piece and a slightly smaller dbh piece.
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Offline rkeltner

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2016, 10:39:30 am »
how is the ring count? the few pieces of red that I've had were tight ringed and 20, 30, or more rings per inch! made chasing a ring nightmarish!!!
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Offline jimmy

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2016, 11:15:50 am »
Nice wood. Not to add insult to injury for those without osage, but here in Kansas the farmers cut the stuff and just pile it up and burn it.  Mostly people use it to heat their houses during the winter, because it burns so hot and it is literally everywhere.  I guess that is one of the reasons why I started making bows out of it.  It seemed a shame not to take advantage of such a plentiful resource.
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Offline wapiti1997

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2016, 05:13:24 pm »
I cut two pieces from that tree, the trunk and a piece higher up that was 8" in diameter, the higher piece was red, the lower not so.. interesting.. here is what those two pieces yielded


And here is a comparison

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Offline Springbuck

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Re: Red Osage
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2016, 11:14:49 am »
Quote from: paco664 on February 20, 2016, 07:16:58 pm
*(weeping quietly here in the wood desert i live in.. )

congratulations *(returns to weeping with occasional wail of despair)

It's ok, Paco... We'll get through this together......

BTW, I live in Utah, and I don't starve for wood, so tell me where you are, nad if I come up with any ideas, I'll pass them on.
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