I buy my firewood log length, described as a mixed hardwood. I mostly get the usual maples, red and white ok and some birch. In one of the last loads I got a few logs that I haven’t came across before. The bark is quite furrowed, it looks like some sort of oak to me but I haven’t been able to find another pic to try to match up. It doesn’t have any real smell to it like oak usually does. Thanks for any replies.
Hmmm. The red oak that I am used to seeing has somewhat smoother bark, and the distinctive smell. Split on the left is my usual red oak. Maybe the split on the right is from a younger tree? For anybody that is concerned for my safety the stove the splits are laying on is stone cold.
I just i have one with bark like that acroos the rd from me, iv been working on it for s while. Power company took it down. Really deep bark
Without scrolling through the replies i say chestnut oak. A white oak variety. Cut some recently in my woods. Big fallen limb. I did give it a good sniff and it had and oakey smell but not really like red or white oak
We try to disguise our wood down here, as an attempt to keep it from leaving the state. Apparently, there needs to more done in that regard.
prior to joining FHC i did the same Warner . Interesting coincidence...the locust i scored yesterday i had thought was chestnut oak when i first saw it a few years ago. See my locust thread from yesterday.
Burr oak has deep furrows. And all wood has medullary rays, they're just (generally) easily visible to the naked eye with oaks . You'll often see medullary rays and ray flecks in quartersawn, stained/colored, sealed and highly polished birch and maple guitar wood . Sitka spruce is a common acoustic guitar top and the wood is full of "silk" or medullary rays. Luthiers look for this to know the wood has been quartersawn as it is pleasing to the eye and supposedly makes for a sound box with a very rich tone.
