I have yet to walk through a wood and not find burl? but yes its easier to find dead standing birch than other trees due to the short lifespan.
Hunting for Burl
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21st century pict, thus proving that the only time you won't get anything from a Scotsman is when he has nothing to give, kindly posted me the Rowan bur he found.
Took me a while to find a kuksa in there, but I think I have:
Took me a while to find a kuksa in there, but I think I have:
Traditionally in Finland a burl from pine is considered inferior to one from birch but the only reason for this might be that a pine burl retains some of its resin taste when carved to a kuksa.
Unfortunately after we chopped the tree down and got a closer look it was very bug eaten and sounded very hollow and more of a twisted trunk rather than a burr.
But there is plenty more out there and finding them is the fun part any way.
But there is plenty more out there and finding them is the fun part any way.
Hey mrcainry
That looks not half bad, I hope you’ve got a good one in there. I got a burr off a dead birch in the woods last night, quite small but just about the right size for a baring block.
That looks not half bad, I hope you’ve got a good one in there. I got a burr off a dead birch in the woods last night, quite small but just about the right size for a baring block.
Found yesterday on a large bead birch .a bit to high up give it a tap but it looks solid 1foot by 2 feet approximately
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I love burl... The stuff I'm playing with at present just gets better and better the more you work into it.
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I'v never seen it raw before. I'm discovering patterns and grains all the time as I chip away at my block. Sometimes I'll shave a bit off with the axe and think "that's BEAUTIFUL. But it ain't kuksa shape so it's got to go.."
Not sure but there's a cross section of a larch burr (from Scotland!) in the images on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl
Found this small burl on some oak yesterday... And a Ganoderma applanatum which is a first find on oak for me. They normally prefer Beech?
Can these be harvested with a negligeable risk of damage to the tree? Possibly sealing the cut afterwards?
I hear different things about that Poncho so I don't know. I've heard that if you can take the burr without any of the trunk it's ok (leaving an inch or so burr intact). I'd quite like to know the answer actually. I'm sure someone will know. I need to call an arborist tomorrow, so I'll ask him.
I have the mother of burrs on a wheatley elm in a road near me, I must get a picture of it.
At my local park a few trees are marked for felling in a few months time.
I asked for a burr on a cherry tree and was told I could have it.
Fingers crossed.
At my local park a few trees are marked for felling in a few months time.
I asked for a burr on a cherry tree and was told I could have it.
Fingers crossed.
Hi
this thread seams to be an old thread but if anyone is still there i have a question I was wondering if anyone knew wether or not a burl from a peice of slightly rotton birch wood would be ok to carve a kuksa from as i have already cut it off it seams a bit soft though it might just be moisture.
Any help would be great thanks
this thread seams to be an old thread but if anyone is still there i have a question I was wondering if anyone knew wether or not a burl from a peice of slightly rotton birch wood would be ok to carve a kuksa from as i have already cut it off it seams a bit soft though it might just be moisture.
Any help would be great thanks
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