Where is all the wood stuff

[sandspider]

Elm?

[AHPP]

That’s a decent guess. 

[sime42]

2 hours ago, AHPP said:

The base. Less sure about the spalted bit. Thought it could have been the same because it’s turned and finished but not mega surprised it’s different. I don’t think I’ve seen Robinia spalt. That’s not to say it can’t. I could guess the common spalters for the mushroom but the grain looks too coarse for them. 
 

 

 

Yes, correct. The base is Robinia. I think. I'm impressed you got that to be fair. It took me quite a while to figure out what it was when I was cutting the tree down as it was long since dead. Just a big knarly trunk. It was rotted out hollow in the middle. No sign of spalting though as you say.

 

The mushroom itself is Ash, hence the course grain. I've not seen as much spalting in that before.

[AHPP]

 

I got it before I noticed the spike though. I’m just that damn good. 

[sime42]

4 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

I got it before I noticed the spike though. I’m just that damn good. 

 

Sharp as a pin you are, or a Robinia spike for that matter.

 

 

[AHPP]

I’ve done a couple and didn’t find the spikes/thorns as bad as the internet suggested I would. They were relatively small (young) though. Maybe 15 and 20” DBH. 

[sime42]

The one that that lump, and lots more besides, came from had no spikes. It was much too far gone, there weren't even any branches left on it.

 

It's lovely wood from an aesthetic point of view, pretty colour and figure, bit of a bugger to work and finish though as it's hard and tough. Luckily it makes good firewood also.

 

 

[AHPP]

Do you scrape? I've got great finishes on hard woods, scraping.

Edited 8 hours ago by AHPP

[sime42]

Interesting. No I don't scrape. I've seen references to it but never tried or really looked into the technique.

 

What's it all about?

[AHPP]

Get a penknife and go to whittle something. Now scrape with it instead. Congratulations. You're scraping.