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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2016, 03:57:40 pm »
Today's haul of hickory, the problem is I gave the crews exact directions on where to cut each tree but they didn't follow my directions. The big log is usable but the small one was cut off above the 7 foot section I wanted (neighbor's yard) and is only firewood grade because of the knots. The bark still slips and that is a good thing.




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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2016, 04:07:28 pm »
All hickory flavors meat the same to me, just my opinion. ::)
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2016, 04:21:55 pm »
Beautiful wood, after all.. Which wood is not beautiful to a bowyer's eyes?
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2016, 06:58:11 pm »
We discarded about half the hickory because of knots but still had about 5 or 6 bows worth of wood. Darin is shellacking the good stuff, the bark pulled right off.

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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2016, 07:18:53 pm »
Quote from: Knotty on June 17, 2016, 04:21:55 pm
Beautiful wood, after all.. Which wood is not beautiful to a bowyer's eyes?

Alder
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2016, 08:25:19 pm »
Quote from: DC on June 17, 2016, 07:18:53 pm
Quote from: Knotty on June 17, 2016, 04:21:55 pm
Beautiful wood, after all.. Which wood is not beautiful to a bowyer's eyes?

Alder

My favorite smoking wood. ;)
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2016, 09:00:38 pm »
It's good for that and it's the major source for firewood around here.
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2016, 09:02:28 pm »
I still find Alder beautiful, maybe for tip overlays? 😂
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2016, 10:09:53 pm »
Nice pics Eric....When I cut a hickory it is out of a thick stand of them too.No branches for at least the first 15 to 20 feet.Tall and straight as a gun barrel.Very fine rings of around 25 to 30 rings per inch preferred.I think it's the densest then.It is kinda cool though to get a mild snake bow once in a while out of some logs yet.Around here occasionally there will be a dead snag standing too.Boers get em.Hickory serves as my main source of firewood too DC.
I don't think I've ever tried alder yet.
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2016, 11:14:33 pm »
Shagbark staves with bark just popped off.

Always like that just pulled right out of the tree back of summertime cut hickory.

Sorry for robbing into your thread Stickbender,but as you can see most people really like a good piece of hickory.Good luck with yours.
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2016, 05:35:46 am »
Most of the hickory around here is located on goverment or private property unless I want to go pretty far south so I bought these from a guy south of me ,3 Shag bark 3 pignut  plus more seasoning , I'm glad to see all the posts on Hickory one of my favorite white woods with sugar Maple a close second . No worries Ed rob away love all the pics since Im doing more dreaming about bows then working on them tell winter.
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2016, 10:37:01 am »
Are those split or sawn?
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2016, 12:03:08 pm »
Split one side sawn the other
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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2016, 01:05:35 pm »
They look like finished lumber! Straight stuff!
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Shag Bark Hickory VS Pig nut hickory
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2016, 01:29:16 pm »
Us PNW boys dream of cutting those monster trees holding many straight staves.
Other than the odd black locust, our best bow woods grow small and gnarly for the most part.
I have 4 or 5 hickory staves, but am unsure of how the wood would perform here..
I was in a house a while back where the owner used all wood cleared from the property for his home.
It took me 5 or 6 guesses before I found out all his cabinets were alder, really pretty stuff
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