What can be found in an 'old log'..

[ironglow]

  Grandson is busy with his sawmill, so busy that his knife smithing has taken a back seat.  He searches out 'yard trees' that must be removed, and
  takes his chances on foreign objects that may be buried in them.  It seems to have worked out well for him so far.

  Here is a black walnut log he recently removed from somebody's yard.

[Dee]

That would make an interesting dining room table.

[ironglow]

That would make an interesting dining room table.

   Probably that will be where some of the planks go into.  I would like to see a blank using the dark section, along with a bit of the light section,
   made into a gun stock.

[Lloyd Smale]

nice chunknof crotch walnut. im no expert but it looks like its cut to thin for a gun stock

[ironglow]

  I only suggested that I would like to see some in a gunstock..  That thickness is probably more as Dee suggested, perhaps cut more with tabletops in mind.

    Point of interest; here are some exotic woods, mostly burls..  This is a website specialized for those who work with and market exotic woods..

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