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Wood ID.........Then Observation Question For Y'all

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  1. M2theB

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    Or the witch?
     
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    Any guesses as to what wood I split today? I know what it is, take a look and see if you can guess....

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    The size of the splits is a clue......look closely.....
     
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  4. MO. Wood

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    Red cedar?
     
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    Nice looking wood Scotty! It looks like it would make great pen blanks... Maybe a cedar?

    And Mighty, definately Boxeleder. A couple of those rounds would have fetched a fair dollar on Ebay too. Nice looking flames.
     
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    Box elder?
    :rofl: :lol:
    Juniper......?
    The rare Nutella bush?
    :picard:
     
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    Show off.....:wacky:
     
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  12. Scotty Overkill

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    Good guesses on my pic, everyone.....

    It's actually plum. Biggest plum tree I've ever cut down, blacksmith and I cut that one down back in October and I'm just now splitting it. It was around 24" at the base!!
     
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    I'm jealous!! I would love to try it in the smoker, but I'm plum out of luck. Not many fruit trees around St. Louis. Great score!!
     
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    The entire pile is being split into smaller stuff, and will go into storage in the barn for cooking and smoking. I have a giant apple tree to process this week as well.....

    I cooked these burgers on the firepit this evening over some fresh plum splits....they were delicious!!

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    Looks awesome!! Nothing like a fire pit and red meat. I'm sure there was a beer hidden in there somewhere.
     
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    Dats jus plum beautiful! Da wood an da supper!

    I think it was 1972 or 73 I made a lady a pair of grips for her Super Blackhawk from a chunk of plumb. She had 4 or five chunks in the trunk of her car from which I could select.

    I cut a 6"x6"x10" block from where a large limb interected with the main trunk. Believe it or not, I put that block of plum wood in the oven at 225° for almost 48 hours to 'kiln dry' it. It worked and it didn't check enough to interfere with the layout and cutting of the grips.

    I was going to checker the grips with 24 lines to the inch but I didn't think the wood was quite dense enough to go that fine so I went 20 lines per inch. I was afraid the first time she fired, because of the strong recoil of the .44 mag., the course checkering would rip the hide right off her hand! But in the end it worked out fine. The course checkering made it easier for her to control when she fired.

    As I remember I got maybe $100 for that job!
     
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    I don't care what you think it is. Looks like pure bacon to me. Fry it!
     
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    Sorry, buddy....:emb:
     
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