[al.rudd]

On a walking stick hunting trip, last Friday, I came back with a nice Chittamwood stick. I have not tried making a walking stick from Chittamwood yet, but have used it for some small carvings and the burl for knife handles. I believe I will return to that spot and try to harvest some more. Has anyone tried it?

al.rudd

[Kenny_S]

Isn't Chittamwood sometimes called Smokebush and very hard?

[big_Wayne_P]

Hey Al
I spent the first 48 years of my life in Georgia and the last 5 in Texas

What is Chittamwood????????????????????????????????????

Would you happen to have a picture of it with the bark and leaves still on it
Would you happen to have a Pic of what it looks like finished

I would really like to know what it looks like

I have hunted and fished all over Georgia and parts of Alabama
and I have never heard of that

could it be known by a different name

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Wayne - How about

smoke tree or
smoke bush

as other names?

[AlArchie]

Never heard of it either, so I looked it up "cotinus obivatus" or smoke tree, also known as yellow wood.

Al

[carver6]

Been to several county fairs and a couple a goat ropins but never heard of Chitthamwood before.

[jamesfa]

found a reference for chittamwood, also known as American Smoke Tree



Rhamnus purshiana* bayberry, bearberry, bearwood, bitterbark, bitterboom, bittertrad, buckthorn cascara, California coffee, cascara, cascara buckthorn, cascara sagrada, chitam, chittam, chittern, chittim, coffeeberry, coffeebush, coffeetree, Oregon bearwood, pigeonberry, shittimwood, wahoo, western coffee, wild cherry, wild coffee, wild coffeebush, yellow-wood *Commercial American species
Frank

[big_Wayne_P]

Ok

heard of smoke tree and yellow wood


Goat roppin...........................so whatta do when ya rope em
saw the horns off????????????????????????????????????????????

[al.rudd]

It's also known as American Smoke tree. It only grows in a few places. A couple of counties in N. Alabama, a little in Georgia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. It's hard to find. The wood in gold with brown and gray streaks. The coolest thing in sometimes there is a large ball that grows right on the ground. The tree trunk comes out the top and roots out the bottom. This ball is the most beautiful burl I have ever seen. This burl is used by knife makers for handle material.

Here (I hope) is a photo of a knife with a Chittamwood handle. This handle is rather plain compared to others I have.

[BobD]

WoW that's really pretty grain...
Bob