The Osage Orange

[idahoguy]

Call me crazy, but I kinda miss the bright orange of my OO 73. Any way of reviving it short of sanding?

~Jim

Nope, sand it.

 

[rinos]

Missouri trader in Osage orange (it is called brain tree over here )

 

[VANCE]

on top of its origins

 

[hamsco]

There is a large, very old Osage Orange tree in Old Louisville (Kentucky). It is covered with burls. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl )

I can only image the beautiful item that could be made with this lumber.

 

[AnotherDogDown17]

There is a large, very old Osage Orange tree in Old Louisville (Kentucky). It is covered with burls. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl )

I can only image the beautiful item that could be made with this lumber.

Burls galore

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[VANCE]

holy smokes hamsco
that is awesome!!

 

[spycycle]

 

[Half/Stop]

on top of its origins

Phillip - This my friend is awesome. I can hardly stop looking at it!! :thumbup:

 

[rschuch]

Missouri trader in Osage orange (it is called brain tree over here )

I NEED to get another blade in osage. I wanted one forever and traded for one, but it was a 73 nailbreaker with the linerlock and an emergency room trip waiting to happen, so I retraded it. But it was pretty while I had it.

 

[rdrogers]

My favorite wood.

 

[T.Knotts]

I'm a sucker for osage too.

Now that is a beautiful knife!

I grew up in WV and we had a tree like that set right on a sharp curve coming out if our driveway. We called them Hedge apples and had to kick them off the road otherwise once you ran over them they became a slippery gooey mess. The stump is still there but the tree long gone. I never knew it had such beautiful wood.

 

[VANCE]

Phillip - This my friend is awesome. I can hardly stop looking at it!! :thumbup:

Ron
Thank you

 

[Modoc ED]

Call me crazy, but I kinda miss the bright orange of my OO 73. Any way of reviving it short of sanding?

~Jim

Before sanding try dampening a rag with rubbing alcohol and rub the covers down. That should lighten the covers somewhat.

A couple #73s.

Oh, after you remove the dirt and grime with the rubbing alcohol, skin the covers with a bit of oil.

 

[Living The Dream]

neighbor has a lightning struck osage on his land. been trying to catch up with him to get it. We love it for fire wood. maybe make some slabs out of it.

 

[r8shell]

Getting some sun today.

 

[mshambone]

Here's my favorite stockman knife after some serious use. Its done everything from trimming drywall to cutting onions and a whole lot more in between. I like how OO looks when brand new. Not sure about how it darkens with age. I guess it ads "character." Oh well. Matt

 

[hamsco]

Here's my favorite stockman knife after some serious use. Its done everything from trimming drywall to cutting onions and a whole lot more in between. I like how OO looks when brand new. Not sure about how it darkens with age. I guess it ads "character." Oh well. Matt

I have never seen Osage darken that much !

 

[Maddogg774]

Here it's called Bois 'd Arc pronounced bow-dark. It is very dense and fibrous. It has ruined many a chainsaw blades. Mostly saplings are workable wood the older it is the more it twists and the wood cracks along the fibers when dry. I made a bat out of it once, the weight was well over 60oz where the same Ash bat was 31oz.

 

[Will Power]

Osage amongst firewood

 

[Half/Stop]

Osage riding the rails!