Found this little beauty yesterday, I can just about get my arms around it, once I've cut it from the tree what is the best way to season it.
Birch Burl (what to do with it)
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Keep it in a plastic bag except when you're working on it. Wood cracks because the outside dries and shrinks faster than the inside. If you keep it in a plastic bag most of the time, the moisture throughout will stay equalized, and it will have an opportunity to dry slowly.
Use it as Oblio said if it is for a Kuksa
As far as I know and thats not much for knife handles etc:
Cover the sawn edge with wax to stop it drying out to fast and keep it a cool dry airy place like the rafters of a shed for a year or so and hopefully it season nicely
As far as I know and thats not much for knife handles etc:
Cover the sawn edge with wax to stop it drying out to fast and keep it a cool dry airy place like the rafters of a shed for a year or so and hopefully it season nicely
