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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2019, 06:18:52 am »
I think it is osage, I have seen a lot of variations on saplings as fa as bark appearance goes from one location to another.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2019, 06:32:54 am »
Put some shavings in water and see if they turn the water yellow
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2019, 01:41:16 pm »
Started debarking, it definitely has the amber/yellow of osage.

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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2019, 03:00:31 pm »
looks like it will make a bow
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Offline IrishJay

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« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2019, 03:16:32 pm »
I hope so, it's going to be a long couple months waiting for it to dry.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2019, 03:39:36 pm »
Try the water test like Aaron suggested. 
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2019, 08:26:29 pm »
Quote from: chamookman on January 09, 2019, 03:01:29 am
Search - Sonny Iman, Limb Bows ! Bob

I have heard reference to this man and his sapling limb bows. I am gravitating more towards sapling bows rather than large split stave bows and would like to see his work but that search turned up nothing for me .
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2019, 09:08:45 pm »
Shaving are soaking. Its's definitely dense, shavings sank like stones when I dropped them in.

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2019, 06:30:38 am »
It shouldn't be yellow under the bark, you should have a thick white sapwood ring and a little yellow in the middle.
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Offline DC

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2019, 09:15:20 am »
It would just be the heartwood that stains the water, wouldn't it?
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2019, 09:42:46 am »
I did not use heart wood shavings, so maybe that's the problem. Also after some googling mulberry is looking like a possible candidate. Anyone have any experience IDing mulberry?
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2019, 11:59:46 am »
Mulberry doesn't have thorns, unless it is a type of mulberry I haven't seen. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2019, 12:58:47 pm »
No thorns on mulberry. Will you post pics of the thorns on this wood and maybe the buds on the branch tips?
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #28 on: January 10, 2019, 01:21:22 pm »
I might be able to get pics of the top I left out in the woods this weekend to help with the ID.
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Offline DC

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #29 on: January 10, 2019, 01:23:51 pm »
Quote from: IrishJay on January 09, 2019, 03:16:32 pm
I hope so, it's going to be a long couple months waiting for it to dry.
More than a couple of months ;) ;) ;)
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