[Woodcarver] Orange Tree Wood

[Khcarver]

We winter in Texas and have a friend with orange trees. She shares the wood with me when she trims her trees. I carve treenware (serving and eating spoons and spreaders). The wood from the orange trees (not Osage orange) is very hard and quite pretty. I carve it when it's wet or green so I can use my hand tools. It has a very pretty grain and is light in color.
Karen Henderson 

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On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:49 AM, RayMighells <raymighells at live.com> 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.