Dead on stump blackjack.
Black jack oak, aka: black oak, bastard oak.
In Australia I know that ironbark is rather hard. I once made a piston for a ryobi out of it….
And when you cut iron bark the end grain comes up nice and shiny – as if its been polished.
pics please!!! that sounds awesome!In Australia I know that ironbark is rather hard. I once made a piston for a ryobi out of it….
:agree2:I'd have to go with long-dead red oak. The stuff that's long lost its bark and sapwood. Just partially petrified heartwood. What I call fossiloak - like cutting through dinosaur bones.
Definitely hedge for me. It's especially endearing if it has not only old fencing in it, but also tangled up in grape vines and poison ivy.
funny, I was going to ask what you guys thought of standing dead elm as I'm helping a friend fell a couple next to his house and cut them up for bonfire wood. Man It was tougher than I thought It would be, had me checking things out looking for something wrong.
I cut a ton of dead elm, thought it cut pretty easily. QUOTE]
I suppose I should have said "dead standing weathered elm". When its been standing for years and turns grey. I cut a ton of elm too, seems like a 70% or better die off in the last few years. The bark has to have come off quickly after it dies so its not rotten. Some of that stuff gets nearly petrified.
pics please!!! that sounds awesome!
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