To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question

[BrendonV]

It's really staying like that?

[MasterBlaster]

My guess is it's a TD in two stages. Stage two will occur when the customer has more money. But , that could be all that's being done. It'll sucker out like gangbusters and be beautiful, lol.

[vduben]

I don't see why coronets all seem to be cut as a standard tidy radial method... 'bart's head'... The whole point is random crunchy cuts isn't it???

 

I've done some bits before- mainly with massive oak limbs with loads of weight and leverage. I don't like to prune any big limb right back to the stem, doesn't matter if it's done Shigo/ natural target style or flush it's all invasive and damaging. I left one limb long with a long stub that's fluted and sculpted and did a bit of ring barking to encourage the limb to snuff it. I don't imagine bats and bugs are picky about how tidy your cuts are - it's just human tidiness again

i dont tidy my coronets up, i bore in and cut holes in and around the cut to add for happy bugness

[wills-mill]

Will, if you are refering to the Ash Coro in the first picture, i think the criticism is a tad harsh as all you can really see and comment on (which you are perfectly entitled to) is a two dimensional picture.

Personaly i dont think thats a fair reflection of those particular shots, as there was a fair bit of depth differential undertaken.

Granted though, the art to Coronetting is not forgetting that the main sight line on to the cuts is not from the practitioners or birds eye view, but from someone walking way down below.

 

No criticism meant.... of yours or any other persons work... What I'm trying to say is- I think it'd be a shame if coroneting became a textbook procedure with a standard methodology. Long live freestyle!

 

" i dont tidy my coronets up, i bore in and cut holes in and around the cut to add for happy bugness"

Good Lad! a gold star on your report card

[David Humphries]

No criticism meant.... of yours or any other persons work... What I'm trying to say is- I think it'd be a shame if coroneting became a textbook procedure with a standard methodology. Long live freestyle! :icon14:QUOTE]

 

Totaly agree.

When it comes to different styles of doing Coros, weve got a Dali, a Michelangelo and a Picasso in the gang.

[David Humphries]

Appologies for the bump on this old thread, for those who are not interested.

Wanted to show our Fractured Coronets.

This is on a multi stemmed Capadocium Maple with basal decay next to a road.

Road side trunks being reduced and left as a monolith.

The others are to be left to fail naturally as they lean towards dense woodland.

Last picture not quite finished article as batteries died, will post when job is done.

[Pete Mctree]

Ever considered winching the tops off where applicable with as small a back cut as required to give a nice rip/fracture effect

[David Humphries]

Ever considered winching the tops off where applicable with as small a back cut as required to give a nice rip/fracture effect

 

Yeah thats a good idea Pete.

Have ripped a few branches off with the Igland in the past to get the desired effect, but when they're green trunks next to targets, I'm just a bit concerened as to whether the roots have taken part of the loading when winched.

Thanks for your input though

[Pete Mctree]

If the roots are suspect then not being in the tree is always an option. Just thinking out loud here and trying to think of a way of avoiding alot of awkward saw work

[MasterBlaster]

Every time I see that stuff my stomach turns. Lordy.