Reclaimed River Logs

[santaman2000]

A local sawmill specializes in reclaiming old logs from local river. They were originally cut and floated downriver and stored in water to preserve them until they could be milled and in the process, many were lost. Many of them were originally cut and lost over 100 years ago.

Here's one cypress

 

[British Red]

Awesome looking wood - I recall seeing a show on "swamp loggers" - nearest we have is bog oak

 

[santaman2000]

Here's some of their custom products


River Reclaimed Cypress bar top and Hand Hewn Oak beams

This is another project they provided River Reclaimed Heart Pine for.

Pecky Cypress front entry

Check out this Trophy Room full of their River Reclaimed cypress.

Here is a custom built door way using River Reclaimed Cypress. Check out the book matches side panels.

This is a job they supplied River Reclaimed Curly Pine. (Photos by Abby Caroline Phtotography. Thanks Abby!)

This log was pulled from the bottom of the Apalachicola River it was cut down by an ax over 150 years ago!

Here is a job they supplied all the custom Reclaimed Pecky Cypress for.

Check out this Burl they cut off a River Reclaimed cypress log.

Awesome pool house from river reclaimed cypress and pecky cypress for. Also the two tables!!!

Pecky Cypress bar

 

[British Red]

That cypress wood is really something!

 

[John Fenna]

Some amazing wood there!

 

[santaman2000]

River recovered cypress slab bar to with a pecky cypress cabinet

 

[mrcharly]

That cypress is something else.

Is the water short of oxygen and wood boring insects? I can't imagine a log lasting that long in a UK river.

 

[santaman2000]

That cypress is something else.

Is the water short of oxygen and wood boring insects? I can't imagine a log lasting that long in a UK river.

Some of the water is short of oxygen (particularly the shallow sloughs) but not most. Almost all waters in North America are more or less free of wood harming insects and larvae. That's why the old sawmills used shallow ponds to store logs.

 

[Jared]

Yes, lovely wood.

One of the reasons I watch Ax Men is for Shelby Stanga and his swamp logging operation and some of the insane stuff he gets upto.

Bit mind boggling how much axe cut wood still seems about.

 

[Macaroon]

Some very special wood there; I especially like the Curly Pine, fabulous! I bet that stuff ain't cheap over there, over here it would be a king's ransom!

 

[santaman2000]

Oh it's definitely not cheap. Premium prices and mostly used for custom projects.