Buly weekend

[qbilder]

Found some neat dead stuff this past weekend. Got some juniper burl and some stuff I have no idea what it is. Here's the juniper burl:

Here's the others:

The red/pink stuff is really hard, medium weight. It smells a lot like mesquite but it's not mesquite. Will have to find some locals that know what it is. I found it in a wash, pile of debris cluttered in the bottom of an arroyo. The stuff that looks like walnut is a shrubby little tree that has leaves like a holly. It's very hard, moderately heavy, and has fleck in the grain like oak. Vibrant yellow sapwood, too, that stains the skin. I have lived in NM for about 6 yrs. & am still trying to learn the native vegetation.

edit: The brown wood is desert scrub oak, which explains the ray pattern in grain & hardness of the wood. Still searching for the pink wood. I think it may be cats claw acacia.

 

[betterbuilt]

Nice stuff.

Oh forgot to say "You did have a Buly Weekend".

 

[qbilder]

Nice stuff.

Oh forgot to say "You did have a Buly Weekend".

Missed the "R" in burly :eek2:

 

[betterbuilt]

Missed the "R" in burly :eek2:

Yeah, I realized that. Before I open the thread I thought you had a bully weekend.

Very nice Burl. Your gonna have to show us your piles and piles of lumber.

 

[qbilder]

Yeah, I realized that. Before I open the thread I thought you had a bully weekend.

Very nice Burl. Your gonna have to show us your piles and piles of lumber.

Not much to show. Most of it is junk. When I see something interesting that's dead & easy to get, I get it. If it's something I have never seen before, I cut it to see what it's like. Sometimes I come across some real gems, but usually it's just remnant leftovers of my curiosity. When I found the cats claw, there's a LOT of it for the taking. Gonna have to take some time & choose a couple nice pieces....soon before the rattlers come back out of their holes.

 

[Gumneck]

That's good motivation.