Rochester! Brooklyn would at least be a good excuse for this joke of a product. I told my wife I need to market these stump tables myself and I'll only charge $100! And have a wider variety.
They sell them deep in the city, hinting at any Yorker who has yet to see a wild tree....or a piece of one.
That and the whole "rustic chic" is pretty hip right now...Not that those types would actually LIVE in any kind of wilderness.
You're thinking of the Swedish torch. I love the marketing BS.......Light 'n go "Bonfire". Mine are "hand made" out of real "Non GMO, organic" trees. We burn them in the fire pit and the basement fire place. Don't think I have ever had a "bonfire" from one of them.
Interesting. I looked this up and it seems that the usual technique is to use a chainsaw to make the cuts, in which case they go right to the outside, and this is apparently necessary in order to draw air from beneath the kindling you set on the top. So these designer ones, with the "star" cuts not going to the edge, wouldn't perform very well, would they?
A couple of years ago, my sister's son graduated from high school and the party had a "northwoods" theme. I live up in the woods and avoid the cities as much as possible. My sister had seen some birch "cookies" used on a table to hold serving bowls and wanted to know if I could make some for her... I fired up the saw and cut off a dozen or so, in various sizes, from some oak and birch I had in the piles. My sister and her husband live in a very snooty kind of neighborhood. Several of the guests wanted to know where she got all the fancy table decorations (my scrap cookies)... I think I could have gone into business that day and started taking orders.. I probably could have sold enough to buy a new 60 or 70 cc saw.
Camping and such over the last 30 or 40 years, I'll bet I've had I heard about a half dozen times people asked ask me " isn't illegal to cut down a white birch, aren't they protected?" City folks.One particular time we met some real nice folks from Virginia who came up to NH with the sole purpose of seeing a Moose. I told them to follow me at dusk and led them over to a Spruce swampy area and found a young cow by the side of the road. Nothing special but they were thrilled. Then they talked about how nice it would be to have some White Birch to put in their fireplace as a year round decoration. So,... just having a bow saw with me I whacked down a small birch and cut em up some rounds to take home to Virginia. Then they asked me if I thought they could get in trouble if they pulled over by the cops having the wood with them. True story.
Honestly if you are carrying western cedar here in washington, you can have that issue. Its not illegal but if someone pulls you over to ask where you got it, you have to prove that you didn’t obtain it illegally. Has to do with the us forestry roads here, no cedar taking allowed.
Here in NY it is illegal to transport "for sale" any wood outside of a 50mi radius from where it was harvested. Unless it is inspected by DEC or such (Dept Env Cons). I think you have to show that it's been kiln dried to kill pests or some such thing. It has to do more with the transportation/relocation of pests such as EAB. I remember the last time Jill and I went to the state park, you could bring your own firewood, but it either all had to be burnt, or taken with you out of the park. Same reasoning. Same as some states will allow deer feeders, NY will not as they state that communal feeding areas can help spread Chronic Wasting Disease. I don't have enough information to dispute or back up the claims. I just don't wish to pay the huge fines they can levy if you get caught feeding deer. edit.. From NYSDEC website.. "A firewood transport regulation is in place to protect New York's forests from the spread of invasive insects and diseases. It is illegal to transport untreated firewood more than 50 miles from its source within New York State. It is also illegal to bring untreated firewood into New York State." Not sure where I got the "for sale" part, but there ya have it. Chaz
30 years ago Massachusetts white birch were protected. Boston folk liked to put them in fireplaces at thanksgiving and Christmas. Used to drive down carloads, sell them. Bottom line needed ID and property they were from that was not in Mass. I know now they rotted as they all wanted rounds not splits. Isn't life funny
