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Let's Play A Game

Tom Mullane - Hagerstown, MD

>Called What the Heck is that wood I just turned... LOL

Here is a picture of a Cigar Pen I just turned from a piece of wood I found in my garage shop... I will not tell you what the wood came from until a few guesses are made... but it just shows that we will turn just about anything we find if it looks interesting... and this did... I really have no idea what this wood is... I have a hunch but that is about it... I am absolutely no good and blind identification of woods... all I know is that it turned out pretty and was a dream to cut and sand..


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EagleS.C.

>Looks like tiger watchamacallit!

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Tom Mullane - Hagerstown, MD

>Well, my wife informed me where the wood came from but I still have no idea of what it is...

The handles are hoe handles from the defunk Union Fork and Hoe Co. in Columbus Ohio.. fat lot of good that does me.. LOL...

But there are about 8 more of them in the garage and tomorrow I will be taking a long hard look at them... Right now they are being used for hot dog sticks for our annual family cookout... I told my wife that if any of them show any figure like the one I cut, the hot dog days are over for them...

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Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>I'll guess hickory Tom. I was, uhhh, stumped, until you mentioned where the wood came from. A few years ago I was in Walmart shopping for Christmas presents with Sarah. She was complaining that there was nothing I wanted that she could afford, when all of a sudden, as we were walking through one of the tool aisles, I saw a mini sledge hammer with a spectaularly curly hickory handle. Guess what she gave me for Christmas?

Bill

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Andy in Raleigh

>I have a rafter in my attic that is "birdseye pine".

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Curly White Oak???

Jennifer@Indy.USA

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Jim Shaver Oakville, Ont

>Hi,

I'm with Jennifer on this, I turned a few like that last week, sure looks like curly white oak to me.

Take care,

Jim

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Keith Tompkins

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Keith Tompkins

>OK I must admit....Bill, you are GOOD!

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Curly Red Oak

Terry Quiram

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Since I used to sell logs to Union Fork and Hoe,

John Cotten

>It is either hichory or ash. That is only two woods they buy for handles.