As exotic as any wood

[kossetx]

I did this barehead 112 in post oak. When I showed it to my wife she looked at it and said "that's as exotic as any wood you use". I agree. I love the look of post oak. This piece was rescured from the BBQ pit one fine Saturday afternoon. It's got a dramatically swelled butt and buffalo horn spacer. Enjoy, Pete

 

[sportingspecialist]

That is interesting.I would never have guessed that was oak.

I really like the headless models.

Good job.

 

[jbmonkey]

very nice. thanks for sharing with us.

 

[pjsjr]

Good job, Pete, your wife is right, it looks more like Koa than oak. Preston

 

[TAH]

Reminds me of Snakewood.

 

[sportingspecialist]

It does have a resemblance to Snakewood.

 

[bertl]

medullary rays

 

[Hickory n steel]

Nice.

 

[bucksway]

I like it too !

 

[kossetx]

Thanks for the replies folks!

medullary rays

Yep, quartersawn sapwood which is usually lighter than heartwood, but not in this case.

 

[DocT]

That does look a lot like snakewood. Looks pretty good.

 

[JD Bear]

Looks great. I love barehead knives and that's a beauty

 

[300Bucks]

I see in my crystal ball the possibility of a set in the future. 300

 

[kossetx]

I see in my crystal ball the possibility of a set in the future. 300

, big brother will be done today.

 

[bertl]

Yep, quartersawn sapwood which is usually lighter than heartwood, but not in this case.

Supposedly both of these photos are of post oak. There is strange variation of the sapwood and heartwood.

Bert

 

[kossetx]

The second pictures bark looks like post oak. The first two's smooth bark looks more like a red oak to me. Here is some I took the PO scales from. You can see the live edge. Naturally different soils are going to give different results. I have very poor soil but post oaks and ceder are known to thrive in my type soil.

 

[300Bucks]

The top photo has sawn off multiple limbs that might signal Post Oak, the second is for certain just by the way the bark is falling off the log as it is split. That is a very common event in sawing a PO, the chunks of bark. As stated they can vary in growth rings and size, in my neck they are medium large diameter trees, 50 miles west on the prairie lowlands, they are smaller (and harder) trees. All PO split better than Black Jacks which increase as prairie begins.
I would say, after burning a wood stove for ten years (past), your piece of wood is special and if you can grab some more you might think about it. Would make a great set of multiple Bucks for a display. A some to carry. 300

 

[kossetx]

in my neck of the woods it's almost all like that. Here is a screwdriver and base I did some years ago from another tree. You can see the similarity.

 

[Darkera]

Very striking, you did a good job picking the right piece of wood! I've never seen post oak before, it doesn't occur this far north.