Second opinion on pear.

[muttley9050]

Evening,

Found this pear on ebay that i put the opening bid on, been outbid and was considering how much i was willing to pay so has a close look at the photo. The end grain appears to be absolutely riddled with worm holes, im guessing its firewood. second opinion if you dont mind. I was getting excited about a lump of this rare wood, but think ill have to wait.

Trunk of English Pear tree wood for joiner, furniture, craft, turning, arts... | eBay

 

Thanks

James:thumbup:

[se7enthdevil]

i'm looking at that pear too but didnt realise it had woodworm in the end till i read your post think i might pass on it now.

 

even if its got worm in it i still think that there could be some nice planks cut from it and they could be treated and used for coffee table slabs.

 

i was going to go up to £30 myself and if it stays cheap then why not take a punt.

 

im not the bidder by the way.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited May 20, 2013 by se7enthdevil
bad spelling

[muttley9050]

Thats what im questioning, its 20miles from me, if its cheap is it worth the punt, its old so i reckon it riddled right through, or will it just be the ends? Still dont know.

[Big Beech]

firewood i reckon.

now if only i knew pear had that much interest a year ago:001_rolleyes:

[delabodge]

steer clear james,,from my experience thats far too risky, and having milled a fair few bits ,not had much luck finding good charachter stuff, apple is a different story,,,

[redmoosefaction]

Blimey if I'd known I wouldn't have that bit of premium firewood sitting in my log pike

[Peasgood]

Oh heck! My log shed is full of apple.

 

That pear is full of worm but how deep they have gone is a different matter. AFAIK worm don't go deep.

From the colour it is obviously well seasoned.

[Stephen Blair]

At £3.70 I wouldn't take any chances!

[slackbladder]

saw the pear and was tempted to bid but its absolutely riddled with worm

I would be surprised if any of it is any use

[Peasgood]

I paid summat like £20 inc del on a pair of pear knife scales once. Must be worth a punt