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This is something most of you have probably never seen before. I am not very good making up names so you could just call this Redwood Burl if you'd like.
This wood has a story that goes along with it as well.
Back in the 80s the guy we got this from was back in the redwoods and saw high up in some of the redwoods what looked like big cucumbers hanging from the trunk of the tree. He told one of the guys in his crew to climb up and cut some of them off. The guy cut some of the lower ones and refused to climb higher.
The boss said what about that big one there? The guy answered too high. Boss said, Fine, I'll climb up and get it. He said once he was higher than about 50 feet he started getting nervous but he couldn't back down because what he had said. Said it was a lot higher than it looked from the ground. He finally got up to it with his chainsaw and cut it loose. He said he had been keeping this piece in his shop as a reminder next time to keep his mouth shut and not to risk his life like that again.
This is a type of burl that forms as a nodule on the end of a root. Some of the Coastal Redwoods will have a root pop out high up the trunk with one of these on the end. It looked like a 3 foot wooden cucumber. It is entirely burl. About the same hardness as normal redwood so it will need to be stabilized. Some really wild looking stuff.
Here is a piece with light sanding and then one wiped with a light coat of oil. Cool stuff! It looks darker in real life. Flash washed out the photo a bit.
Photos show the pieces below dry and ready to be stabilized. The photos show both sides of these pieces. This has been stored indoors over 20 years so it's ready to go. Since these are irregular shaped pieces measurements are taken from the furthest points. Each piece should yield one or more knife handle blocks. You might want to just sand and finish them as is and use as display pieces until you are ready to use them on a knife.
When you see ones you want, Just post "I'll take #s ....." and I will mark them sold for you. That way nobody else can buy the ones you want out from under you.
US shipping is $2.50 each or $10 for as many will fit into a flat rate box.
This wood has a story that goes along with it as well.
Back in the 80s the guy we got this from was back in the redwoods and saw high up in some of the redwoods what looked like big cucumbers hanging from the trunk of the tree. He told one of the guys in his crew to climb up and cut some of them off. The guy cut some of the lower ones and refused to climb higher.
The boss said what about that big one there? The guy answered too high. Boss said, Fine, I'll climb up and get it. He said once he was higher than about 50 feet he started getting nervous but he couldn't back down because what he had said. Said it was a lot higher than it looked from the ground. He finally got up to it with his chainsaw and cut it loose. He said he had been keeping this piece in his shop as a reminder next time to keep his mouth shut and not to risk his life like that again.
This is a type of burl that forms as a nodule on the end of a root. Some of the Coastal Redwoods will have a root pop out high up the trunk with one of these on the end. It looked like a 3 foot wooden cucumber. It is entirely burl. About the same hardness as normal redwood so it will need to be stabilized. Some really wild looking stuff.
Here is a piece with light sanding and then one wiped with a light coat of oil. Cool stuff! It looks darker in real life. Flash washed out the photo a bit.
Photos show the pieces below dry and ready to be stabilized. The photos show both sides of these pieces. This has been stored indoors over 20 years so it's ready to go. Since these are irregular shaped pieces measurements are taken from the furthest points. Each piece should yield one or more knife handle blocks. You might want to just sand and finish them as is and use as display pieces until you are ready to use them on a knife.
When you see ones you want, Just post "I'll take #s ....." and I will mark them sold for you. That way nobody else can buy the ones you want out from under you.
US shipping is $2.50 each or $10 for as many will fit into a flat rate box.
