[Woodcarver] Orange Tree Wood

[Denny Bell]

Osage orange is a beautiful wood, harder than Hades and it darkens
considerably with age.  I carved a rose out it once and it was beautiful,
but in a year or more it darkened so you could hardly see the different
colors in it.

Denny



On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Lloyd Smith <lloyd.g.smith at sympatico.ca>wrote:


> I believe the wood is from an "Osage Orange tree"

>

> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Orange Tree Wood

>

> Hi Ray,

>      How about you asking someone for some of the wood and try it?

> You can then give us your opinion on it.

>

> Steve

> On 3/15/2013 10:49 AM, RayMighells wrote:

> > Anybody ever try to carve wood of an Orange tree?  I noticed in a lot

> > of groves many trees are being cut down and new seedlings being

> > planted.  Many of the removed trees are 6" to 8" dia at the trunk,

> > seems they might be good for woodspirits or somesuch.  Being a

> > fruitwood, I suspect the wood would be hard and dense.  It appears

> > that the cut trees are piled and burned.  Seems like a waste to me.

> >

>

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