hickory burl

marekz

marekz

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my friend just gave me what he calls a "hickory" burl. its fresh cut and still has the bark around it. it is HUGE and round about 30lbs. anyone ever work with hickory burl. any pictures or opinions-thanks marekz------i just found the thread about this stuff but i would still love to see some pictures of a hickory burl handle. now i need to find that thread on that cherry burl so that i know what to do with this rounded beast of a burl
 
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TF
 
A burl is like a tumor on a tree, it produces wild grain patterns that are generally very weak, so it has to be stabilized after it is dried.
 
"I'm just a wayfaring stranger, lookin' for a hickory burl..."

I'll bet 70% of the readers have no idea what we are talking about.

Stacy
 
Stacy, unfortunately I do know what you are talking about, which dates me to about the 17th century.
 
Not to steal the thread back from you yahoos, but....

The guy over at Laramie Knives (http://laramieknifeworks.com/Spalted Hickory and walnut Burl DP PHOTO.htm) made a sweet one with spalted hickory and walnut.

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A guy named [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jerry Crowe[/FONT] (http://www.ruralmissouri.org/05pages/05AugTurnings.html) turned a pretty sweet bowl out of a hickory burl.

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