J. Hoffman
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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My neighbor is a timber buyer. He did the removal of some timber from my property last summer, and he supplied us with firewood when we ran out this last winter. I had asked him to keep an eye open for burls. He stopped by last week and told me to come over and take a look because he had some burls for me to look at. I was able to go over there this morning. The first thing he did was give me this Black Ash cap that he had cut off of a tree headed to the mill. The cap has some really nice burl and some nice curl figure. He then brought me into the back . He had an 8'x20" yellow birch log with a large (18"x18") burl on the side. He offered to either cut off the burl cap, or sell me the whole log. I took the whole log. He also had two 8' Ash logs that each have about 20 softball size burls on them. He has another yellow birch log that is hollow, but still has a solid burl on the side. He then also had a Cherry burl that is about 24" in diameter. He said that all but one of these logs are only good for pulp, so he will sell them to me for pulp price. He said he is willing to just cut burl caps off of logs in the future for me, or he is willing to sell me the whole logs. If he just cuts the caps off, he will give them to me, otherwise I have to pay the price of the log. Either way, it will be a lot of fun to see what he comes up with. He tells me that by the end of summer I will be begging him to stop bringing me burls. I really doubt that will happen. 
