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Decided to go on a collecting trip today and probably again tomorrow. Hunting season starts Saturday and with my white beard, I don't go near the woods during November; looks too much like the white throat blaze or the tail of a white tail deer.
The neighbor gave me permission to go through their woods since they are having a solar farm put in and the area will be clear cut.
Had a pretty good haul. Several maple shanks which when smoothed and sanded will be bird's eye maple.
A really cool one-piece blank and a shank of yellow birch.
A couple of nice bits of ash. One with a decent root handle the other I'll probably add a handle.
A very cool piece of maple which had a sucker coming off the main root. This one will make a really nice rustic crook. There's some rot in the handle area but I think I can fix it with some wood hardener. There is also an area where it looks like a buck scraped his antlers and shredded the bark several years ago. It has healed into this really wild-looking scar.
Also decided to harvest a twisty experiment I started a few years ago. Turned out really nice, but it's going to be a bugger getting the wire out.



The neighbor gave me permission to go through their woods since they are having a solar farm put in and the area will be clear cut.
Had a pretty good haul. Several maple shanks which when smoothed and sanded will be bird's eye maple.
A really cool one-piece blank and a shank of yellow birch.
A couple of nice bits of ash. One with a decent root handle the other I'll probably add a handle.
A very cool piece of maple which had a sucker coming off the main root. This one will make a really nice rustic crook. There's some rot in the handle area but I think I can fix it with some wood hardener. There is also an area where it looks like a buck scraped his antlers and shredded the bark several years ago. It has healed into this really wild-looking scar.
Also decided to harvest a twisty experiment I started a few years ago. Turned out really nice, but it's going to be a bugger getting the wire out.


