Ever wonder what willow wood looks like?

jbmonkey said:
very nice. well done there, Sir.
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Thanks JB! Your always quick to respond.

Thanks John, But your guess is as good as mine. When I knocked the tree down I saw something in the wood but I surely wasn't expecting it from a willow. I have a pretty darn big log to saw up. I think I'll make a matching net, reel seat and longbow from it.

Pete

Btw, nothing was done to enhance the curl. That's all natural.
 
Never realised that Willow could look that good.Live and learn.Just goes to show you it pays to try new things.
 
Willow is often referred to as poor man's walnut. Beautiful knife nice work. Odd stuff makes the most interesting projects.
 
Id love to see the log you took it from..It kinda reminds me of the sheen of good Koa..just lighter.
 
Ernie1980 said:
I thought willow was a soft wood, did you stabilize it? It looks great!
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Thanks Ernie, Technically, its a hardwood. It wasn't soft but wasn't oak either. I did stabilize it.

Kansaswoodguy said:
Willow is often referred to as poor man's walnut. Beautiful knife nice work. Odd stuff makes the most interesting projects.
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Thanks KWG, I had heard that from a friend but googled it before I posted because there are always those who would say "butternut is PMW" or "Poplar is PMW", so I avoided it.

bucksway said:
Id love to see the log you took it from..It kinda reminds me of the sheen of good Koa..just lighter.
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Clint, I'll try to get pics. The trunk was drooping lower every year to the point I couldn't mow under it. I took the tractor and it took very little effort to knock it off at ground level.
 
Ernie1980 said:
I thought willow was a soft wood, did you stabilize it? It looks great!
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Apparently, Gma never pulled a switch from a willow tree when you were in trouble, you'd find out in a hurry it's not softwood....


kosstex, Good Job!!! Looks real nice!! How did you stabilize the wood? What's "PMW"??
 
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I was cutting firewood the other day and cut down a 4” diameter grape vine that had grown around the osage orange tree I was cutting down. I’ve made some pens from it its corse grained but interesting. Kossetx if your interested in trying some of the grape vine send me a PM I’ll hook you up or some osage orange. I’ve got a couple hundred bdft of it in the garage for a harvest table project I’m going to start someday.
 
Kansaswoodguy said:
I was cutting firewood the other day and cut down a 4” diameter grape vine that had grown around the osage orange tree I was cutting down. I’ve made some pens from it its corse grained but interesting. Kossetx if your interested in trying some of the grape vine send me a PM I’ll hook you up or some osage orange. I’ve got a couple hundred bdft of it in the garage for a harvest table project I’m going to start someday.
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That is some hardwood!! I've seen sparks come off chain saws cutting those things...The "apples" make good targets for practice...I think you can sew leather with the thorns...

I bet it would look cool as knife handle's and or a table, it'll last for 100+ years....We used the logs and limbs for permanent fence posts. The wood as I remember has a yellowish tint to it when fresh...
 
Osage Orange fence posts soaked in wet ground for about 50 years makes great knife scales when dried and stablized. Cut into firewood it will burn the bottom out of a cheap stove. But as Sass alludes, you better take extra chainsaw blades with you when you go to field. I have seen game camera photos of a big Buck deer eating the apples. If you build you a wooden deer stand in a "Bois'-de-arc" squirrels will leave you a pile of chewed up apples unless you kick them off everyday. The willow looks good but was glad to hear it was stabilized. 300
 
KWG, thanks for the offer. The area I live in is Mustang Prarie, Texas. It ain't called mustang because of horses. I have mustang grape vines everywhere. We make lots of things from the grapes and vines including putting the grapes in my BBQ steamer and cooking with the vine. I posted on your profile page.

Don, thanks, I have a vacuum tank and use 2 different stabilizers.
 
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300Bucks said:
Osage Orange fence posts soaked in wet ground for about 50 years makes great knife scales when dried and stablized. Cut into firewood it will burn the bottom out of a cheap stove. But as Sass alludes, you better take extra chainsaw blades with you when you go to field. I have seen game camera photos of a big Buck deer eating the apples. If you build you a wooden deer stand in a "Bois'-de-arc" squirrels will leave you a pile of chewed up apples unless you kick them off everyday. The willow looks good but was glad to hear it was stabilized. 300
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50 years? You'd have to get a crane to lift them...They're heavy enough when they're green.... I've seen deer, squirrels, pigs etc... eat those things but they are poisonous to cattle.... Go figure, they have 4 stomachs....Also each "apple" has 10K seeds in them for more trees and they all seem to grow...
 
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