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Tough oak, for a bit,lol

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  1. B.Brown

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    image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg This was probably some of the toughest oak I've ever split. But "we " over come! Lol
     
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    That's some gnarly looking wood. Congrats for getting it done.
     
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    Was that a burl? Yeah, that was not straight grained.
     
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    Ouch, crazy twist. Would have made some nice lumber!!!!
     
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    X2!!!
     
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    Now that's a proper pile of uglies!
     
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    Impressive! Reminds me of this one, was it Biddleman's? IMG_20190415_161152591_HDR.jpg
     
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    Bet that would look beautiful had it been milled. I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun to burn too! And it’s till beautiful, but wow! How unique!
     
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    Tortured wood
     
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    Likely in the White Oak family. Maybe Bur Oak.

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    Never seen that much twisting and turning in a piece of wood that I have cut. That is something.
     
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    Only if it was 18'' long, lol
     
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    No, but there were a lot of forks in the tree, and it was white oak. There's about 5 or 6 more left just like it. I'm guessing a long time ago, some one cut a bunch of limbs back and they grew out, forming this twisted mess. I'm pretty happy with the 22 ton speeco splitter i used to do this with. Before i split some of it that was over 30'' in diameter. Actually there was also a lot of metal in some of it, so, it wouldn't work for lumber either.
     
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    Sometimes it just becomes a matter of wills.
     
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    That is what we call nasty!
     
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