Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!
Well done!!!
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Registered: 12/19/13
Posts: 286
Loc: The Netherlands
Tune,
I didn't buy it (tried, but it's pretty hard to find) but harvested it myself last spring. Then made blocks from it so it is a bit easier to put on the tang.
You have to harvest when the tree sap is running in the tree. Here in The Netherlands that's about the first week of June. It comes off the tree very easily, and harvesting does not affect the health of the tree. The bark grows back in about 6-7 years.
Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 7432
Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho
Stabilized Osage Orange, a native tree species, is very hard to find and is a beautiful wood handle material.
Pap
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Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com