What will i make from cherry burr

[Gill]

My mate is an Arborist and has just gave me a couple of big pieces of cherry burr ,what would you use this for and how hard is it to work?

 

[Kerne]

Cherry is lovely to work with. I've made bowls in the past from it and the grain polishes up a treat. It can be light sensitive - i.e. darkens very quickly when bare wood is exposed to sunlight.

 

[zorro]

Knife handles..............

 

[leaf man]

A pipe bowl!

 

[Toddy]

Bowls, bookends, knife, pen, letteropener handles. Lace bobbins, hair picks, clockfaces.

Just what I can see around me from wood

cheers,
Mary

 

[Gill]

Do i need to prep it in any way beforehand ,stabalise it ie for knife handles.And do i let it dry first.

 

[robin wood]

Do i need to prep it in any way beforehand ,stabalise it ie for knife handles.And do i let it dry first.

Do you have photos? Cherry does not normally produce proper burrs, more commonly bulgy bits where the grain follows round the bark rather than the pippy mass of epicormic buds that are a real burr. How you deal with it depends on what it looks like.

 

[Whittler Kev]

My mate is an Arborist and has just gave me a couple of big pieces of cherry burr ,what would you use this for and how hard is it to work?

Just give it to someone who would love a lump to make a knife handle for himself

Seriously it should look lovely on your favourite blade

 

[HillBill]

Do you have photos? Cherry does not normally produce proper burrs, more commonly bulgy bits where the grain follows round the bark rather than the pippy mass of epicormic buds that are a real burr. How you deal with it depends on what it looks like.

I have found quite a lot of cherry trees near me with root/buttress burrs.