Burl Hunting Trip

[andrewfinnie13]

WOW!!! how can I get a piece of that redwood burl??

 

[Burl Source]

WOW!!! how can I get a piece of that redwood burl??

What do you need? Handle blocks? bigger?

 

[blindhogg]

Mark
Great photos, thanks for taking them when you go Burl hunting.
Chris

 

[johnggrg]

I was just wondering. Where on a tree does the burl come from? Is it the base of the stump? John

 

[andrewfinnie13]

What do you need? Handle blocks? bigger?

I would like scales and a block....nothing bigger..

 

[Burl Source]

I was just wondering. Where on a tree does the burl come from? Is it the base of the stump? John

With Redwood you can have a burl form on the side of the trunk, just under the ground like a huge onion, or as nodules on the end of a root. They can be anywhere from the size of a baseball to the size of a car. We had a 4500 pounder a couple years ago.

Redwood burls can have lot's of variations in hardness, colors and types of figure. Just when I think I've seen it all, I cut into another that looks different from anything I have seen before.

 

[johnggrg]

Thank you for the information. I wouldn't have thought that. John

 

[Larry D. Davis]

Redwood stump burls can be huge.... hopefully this photo link works..

http://www.burlcountry.com/Sample4.jpg

 

[johnggrg]

That is HUGE!!!!!!! I never seen anything like that before. That must be nice to see things like that all over. John

 

[Burl Source]

Redwood stump burls can be huge.... hopefully this photo link works..

http://www.burlcountry.com/Sample4.jpg

I think that guy in the photo has been here before. He sure looks familiar. The really good stuff is getting harder to find. Sometimes the hunt is as much fun as getting the burl. Feels like treasure hunting.

 

[Larry D. Davis]

That's Forrist Willis, owner of Burl Country in northern California. A great guy and where I buy the BIG stuff. http://www.burlcountry.com/

 

[Shaughnessy]

That's Forrist Willis, owner of Burl Country in northern California. A great guy and where I buy the BIG stuff. http://www.burlcountry.com/

Forrist's son is a great guy to deal with too. -Larry :thumbup: