Climbing rose stem size?

[ARV]

I was taking out some Leylandii for a customer last week. They had a climbing rose growing up through a yew that they want to keep, but wanted the rose cleared out.

When I looked I was struggling to find where the rose was rooted into the ground. Mainly because I was looking for a thin greenish stem. Not a stem the thickness of my arm! In the shade, I thought it was just another branch of the yew tree until I followed some of the rose stems back!

Ended up just cutting the stem out and leaving the top for an excavator to pull out.

[doobin]

Can't beat a decent stem you can just yank with the digger, especially if you price it!

[Conor Wright]

That's a whopper! 

Worth keeping imo, might be able to make some little thing out of it. 

[sime42]

The wood is actually quite attractive inside and surprisingly solid. Prone to splitting though I seem to remember.

[nepia]

Rosewood is what many smoking pipe bowls are made of.  Not really a thing any more but my dad had three

[sime42]

Any particular reason for that? Is rosewood more heat or fire resistant or something?

[nepia]

No idea; just something I seem to know!

Although rosewood is listed as being ok for pipemaking it seems that Briar is best but Briar in that context doesn't come from any rose but from Erica arborea - tree heather!

 

How to Make a Smoking Pipe

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[openspaceman]

4 hours ago, nepia said:

No idea; just something I seem to know!

Although rosewood is listed as being ok for pipemaking it seems that Briar is best but Briar in that context doesn't come from any rose but from Erica arborea - tree heather!

 

How to Make a Smoking Pipe

THEPIPEGUYS.COM

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Yes briar was what pipes were made from, I assumed it was the rootball of a rose bush so the tree heather is a new one.

 

Rosewood is a tropical hardwood, my dad used veneers in his marquetry hobby.

[Stubby]

On 07/09/2021 at 20:32, openspaceman said:

Yes briar was what pipes were made from, I assumed it was the rootball of a rose bush so the tree heather is a new one.

 

Rosewood is a tropical hardwood, my dad used veneers in his marquetry hobby.

Also fret boards on guitars .