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Old 07-30-2008, 12:02 PM
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I carved this from found wood and the inside is yellow. Does anyone know what kind of wood it is?
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id almost bet its hedge- osage orange or bois de arc -- depending on the area of the country you are from-- its the only one i know of that is yellow-- and harder than the hubs of h__l. post a pic or the original piece of wood with the bark--
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Old 07-30-2008, 06:06 PM
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James:
If it was extremely hard wood,seeing that your from S. Illinois I agree with Chuck theirs a good chance it is hedge.
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Old 07-30-2008, 06:19 PM
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Thanks for the replies. Because it is found wood from the Ohio River I wasn't sure.
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hedge is more orange. honey locust is very yellow
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Some pictures would be informative.
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Old 08-07-2008, 06:49 AM
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[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg[/IMG]http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=8207

This is the picture of the carving. Someone help me, tell me how to place a picture here.
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Old 08-07-2008, 06:51 AM
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I will try something different. Look at my gallery it is the last picture.
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