score this weekend!

**Edmonton_hunter** · 07-22-2012, 08:38 PM

Hey guys. haven't posted in awhile, Ive been super busy getting a bunch of knives made up for a show I'm doing at the end of september.

My wife's Aunt and Uncle are selling off their farm and moving to Hawaii, so I got roped into helping set up and move larger items. in return I was told I could pick anything I wanted before the sale. Got a whole milk crate full of assorted C clamps, a bunch of plate, square tube, and other misc. scrap steel. and the real prize. A huge maple burl!! This tree had been growing along the lane leading to the farm house and was cut down after it died about 7 years ago, my wifes uncle put it away planning to make some caffee tables or clocks from it. He never got around to it so 2 years ago he dragged it out of the shed it had been in and sstuck it in a brush pile to be burned. here's some pix of the burl and a couple shots of some of the slab faces.

here it is as we first saw it

after dragging it out with the tractor

hard to tell from the rough chainsaw cuts but there's deffinately some killer figure in there and alot of red spalting.

cant wait to start cutting this stuff into blocks!

**primal13** · 07-22-2012, 10:48 PM

wow!! keep us posted on how they turn out. that is well worth a weekend busting your hump.

**Meridian Blades** · 07-23-2012, 12:12 AM

Jason
You should recognize that stuff.....That flaming box elder burl.

Nice score buddy...

Larry

**Edmonton_hunter** · 07-23-2012, 12:23 AM

flaming burl yupp, but was told it's maple. sanded a piece up to 60 grit and there is some awsome wood here just need a bigger band saw to handle the slabs we cut with the chainsaw. the ants got into it pretty bad, the centre of the log was a write off. scooped it out with shovels, just powder, but there's a shell of good wood. need to find a moisture meter somewhere to check this stuff but seems good and dry. will need to be stabilized but I think it will be worth it.