natures harvest ferro tops

[mark.177]

i cut small pieces from local woods most days im walking the dog for ferro rod tops, hazel, holly, hawthorn these about 4 or 5 years ago so well seasoned.
this one from a buddleia tree is rather pretty!

 

[Nice65]

i cut small pieces from local woods most days im walking the dog for ferro rod tops, hazel, holly, hawthorn these about 4 or 5 years ago so well seasoned.
this one from a buddleia tree is rather pretty!

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It is. The shrub woods tend to be dense and often interesting.

 

[Muddypaws]

They look great!

 

[daveO]

Nice. I never thought of buddleia for that kind of thing but it looks great. How tough is the wood?

 

[mark.177]

Nice. I never thought of buddleia for that kind of thing but it looks great. How tough is the wood?

thanks, the stems have a lot of pith and are pretty plain though a nice creamy colour. not sure of the right terminology? but inside the 'joint' where the limb stems from the branch is where i found the pretty one so no pith

 

[mark.177]

Nice. I never thought of buddleia for that kind of thing but it looks great. How tough is the wood?

oh and sorry, the parts i used wood is very dense/hard