hawthorn

[EdS]

any ideas of what it is like to carve?

And would seasoned stuff be any good for knife scales?

 

[SOAR]

pretty tough wood mate, can be worth it though sometimes it has lovely grain and checking patterns.

 

[ForgeCorvus]

Its as tough as :tapedshut when seasoned, they used to make the heads of threshing flails from it

Wonderful grain and some great natral shapes........little and often when you carve it

 

[brancho]

Carves nicely when green (spoon on the right)

Makes a nice knife handle when seasoned

 

[norseman55731]

I recently carved a spoon from a green cut hawthorn for a frind of mine. While it was green it carved beautifully. I am working on a kuksa for my wife with a cured piece now, but I think I am gonna have to scrap it and get another green piece to work on. Hawthorns are a non-native invase here in the States so I get to cut them pretty regularly at work.

 

[Rosco]

I'd say it carves like a chunk of hard plastic.It may be worth the extra effort and patience though because its hardness means you get a nice polished finish straight from the edge tool and you can make vessels thin walled.I've just about finished a Kuksa in Hawthorne and it has been a real labour of love that have kept shifting on to backburner and coming back to, as progress is so slow. I'll post a pic when oiled; hathorne has lovely pattening as already mentioned.
Cheers John

 

[kawasemi]

Can anyone help with a source of seasoned hawthorn for a knife handle - solid block for a rat-tail tang rather than slabs.

Cheers

 

[Rosco]

what's your location?