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Nothing like smell of White Oak

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  1. basod

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    Dropped this white oak last month and finally got a day and some weather to split and stack it. Added a few small splits of maple that was in the way and some beech that was taken out as collateral damage from a dead pine I had to drop.
     
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  3. MikeInMa

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    Resize the pics
     
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    A whole cord fresh split and stacked sure does smell nice.
    Brewmasters aging bourbon and some chardonnay think so too.
     
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  5. The Wood Wolverine

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    White oak sure does smell great to me. Son and I were sniffing fresh splits several times today while working up a bunch of chestnut oak. There were a few rounds of another oak in there that resembled black oak which smelled great too.
     
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    Oh so sweet vanilla…can’t wait to see the haul. Good for you basod :yes:
     
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  7. Horkn

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    It's been a while for me, but I love that vanilla smell.
     
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    Good you are back here again basod
     
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    One of my favorites. Anyone watching me split it would think im :loco: :crazy: when i keep sniffing it.
     
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    "think" LOL
     
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    Same here love the smell but I find it very slow to split :thumbs: because of all the stops to take a hit off a split.:smoke:
     
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    LOL!!! That along with sassafras, black birch and red cedar!
     
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    I split some short leaf pine today that smelled pretty dang good.
     
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    I like EWP, the rare occasion im splitting it. Usually its a pine board that im turning into kindling.
     
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    You guys should smell large amounts of fresh split apple wood. It's awesome.
     
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    Yes, this is even better than the white oak. Honey locust is really nice as well.
     
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    For great smelling firewood my favorite is Lodgepole Pine. Never get tired of it.
     
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    I should get to experience HL this spring when I process my hoard. :thumbs:
     
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    Hmm...I've never noticed anything about the smell of HL that particularly stood out to me
     
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    I didn't note anything about it when I noodled and brought it home either.
     
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