Off Topic Pakkawood smell

[GoldSkula]

Does anyone else think that if you burn pakkawood it smells like smoked lamprey?

 

[Bill DeShivs]

How would ANYONE know what smoked lamprey smells like?

 

[scott kozub]

How would ANYONE know what smoked lamprey smells like?

This made me laugh.

I thought the exact same thing. Not a common meal here.

 

[ChristoDart]

Totally

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I find Jephco's warwood smells more like smoked lamprey. Pakawood smells more like smoked possum.

 

[GoldSkula]

Totally

Good to know I'm not the only one

 

[GoldSkula]

I find Jephco's warwood smells more like smoked lamprey. Pakawood smells more like smoked possum.

Interesting. Were I live there aren't any possums so I don't know what smoked possum smells like. Does smoked possum smell like smoked lamprey. I haven't had smoked lamprey(european river lamprey) in some time so it could just be my mind playing tricks.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

We call it smoked eel over here. Mostly sold as unagi in sushi restaurants.

On a serious note, the phenolic resins in some processed handle woods ( and Micarta) give off a formaldehyde odor that can be off putting when you grind them. It is caused by the heat releasing various compounds.

On the same subject, am I the only one who thinks oak smalls like manure when you grind/saw it? And sucupira really smells like dog poo when grinding.

 

[GoldSkula]

We call it smoked eel over here. Mostly sold as unagi in sushi restaurants.

Are you sure? It seems very odd to call lamprey eel. They are different animals after all.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Carbon fiber tastes like asparatame.

Desert Iron Wood reminds me of tequila or an old dirty dive bar...

Maple smells like maple syrup.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Are you sure? It seems very odd to call lamprey eel. They are different animals after all.

Yes, different creatures, but in the US we get smoked eel, which is conger IIRC. Eastern Europe and eastern US have lots of them along the coastal areas and river estuaries.

Lamprey is often called a lamprey eel, which as you point out is incorrect. On the US west coast areas, they might smoke Pacific Lamprey ( which is also incorrectly called eel). I think the European lamprey is a river fish.

 

[scott kozub]

Yes, different creatures, but in the US we get smoked eel, which is conger IIRC. Eastern Europe and eastern US have lots of them along the coastal areas and river estuaries.

Lamprey is often called a lamprey eel, which as you point out is incorrect. On the US west coast areas, they might smoke Pacific Lamprey ( which is also incorrectly called eel). I think the European lamprey is a river fish.

I always thought they were called lamprey eels. My whole belief system just went out the window.

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Are you sure? It seems very odd to call lamprey eel. They are different animals after all.

That Formeldyhide smell will pickle more than a few of your brain cells over time, wear a good respirator! I think it smells like Chicken!

 

[GoldSkula]

I think the European lamprey is a river fish.

They live mostly in the sea but during autum they lay their eggs into rivers. Atleast in my country.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Yes, the Pacific lamprey do the same, as do the conger eels.