[TheForge] I need a piece of tree...

[Jonathan Barnhart]

I've seen people use mulberry and osage orange to make handles.  In fact I wish a had a bunch of Osage orange to split into hammer handles.


--- On Thu, 9/18/08, dan tull <dantull at numail.org> wrote:

> From: dan tull <dantull at numail.org>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] I need a piece of tree...
> To: munlaw2 at hcsmail.com, "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 8:52 AM
> Mulberry( member of Osage Orange family) would be too hard
> to carve.
> Bass wood best for carving. IMHO
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>
> To: "'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by
> ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:37 AM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] I need a piece of tree...
> 
> 
> Saint Phillip,
> 
> I forgot to mention sassafras and mulberry trees are part
> of the mess I have
> to clean up from the storm. Sure, I can send her a piece.
> Does she want it
> dead or alive?
> Ron C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Saint Phlip
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:23 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] I need a piece of tree...
> 
> A friend of mine is looking for a piece of sassafras to
> give her
> mother for Christmas. Her mother is a wood carving
> hobbyist, and would
> dearly love a piece of sassafras wood  to learn to carve.
> Do any of
> you folks have a chunk in your wood piles that might be
> good for her?
> This is what her daughter said:
> 
> "A piece of a tree would be a wonderful thing.  Boards
> would not be
> ideal, she has done some chip carving but it's not
> "her thing." She
> much prefers to work in the round as it were, and with
> pieces small
> enough to hold in her hands.  So, anything from about
> 1.5" diameter
> and up would be great.  If it's too wide for her to
> hold she just
> splits the wood until it's a manageable size. (I
> suppose she could
> work with pieces as small as 1" diameter, I've not
> asked and I don't
> want to give away the surprise - if I find some.)  Length
> is not so
> much an issue.  She talks about carving walking sticks, but
> I've never
> seen her make one, she generally carves figures anywhere
> from 1" to
> about 10" tall."
> 
> If any of you have a chunk that would work, please let me
> know and
> I'll get you in contact with the daughter.
> 
> -- 
> Saint Phlip
> 
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