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Try to find some dogwood to make walking sticks. Use the cornus florida type, it is the stuff that grows down south and blooms so nice. If you find a good young tree dig it up roots and all. Lots of time the roots angle out and can be part of your design. Plus what is more fitting than dogwood to carve hound dogs on. ha ha If you find a good one that had a honeysuckle vine twisting up it then it has the nice spiral scar already for your imagination to use. Osage orange is real pretty to but it is one of those trees you have to drive south to find. Just some tips. Your carving looks real nice, I can see you don't need any tips on that side at all from me. Where in WI do you live?

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Thats what I like about it among other thing's is seein the wood come to life. Purty fussy 'bout what I cut & use. Have heard that about the osage orange & actually ran into a guy not to long ago that live's 15 miles away & said he has some of that growin in his yard & he would really like me to come fetch up some of it to give a try. Also has a pretty heavy stand of hickory sapling's that need a good stiff thinnin.

Thank's for the tip's!!

I am in the scenic southwest part of the state..

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...one of my all time favorite trees...if it's pruned right! Grew up with a Japanese garden... my Mother is the queen of pruning and did (still does at 88 yrs)her own pruning. Her dogwoods... gnarled and Gorgeous! Osage Orange just Sounds like it Smells good, Does it?

Makes me hungry actually...LOL........

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I had a guy get a chunk of Diamond Willow for me to work on for his future father-in-law. That's some groovy wood as well.

Have had some give me peice's to work on & some are just way to thin to do anything with as far as carving goes & keep any kind of rigidness.

What I like is along the line's of the one posted of the big morel on top. That one came out of the guy's grandpa's yard off'n a tree that was planted the year he was born. Mean's a bit more yet in a case like that.

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I guess some folks would like the smell and others probably not like so many things. The fruit are not real oranges. Folks put them in the basements to repel spiders...not sure if that works or not. The wood is very strong, custom bowyers make some nice wood bows out of them. I don't know that the wood holds much scent after it is dry. Oh well, that's enough, maybe someone else can add or correct me on that. Wood sure is interesting though, some are just right for certain uses.

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I guess some folks would like the smell and others probably not like so many things. The fruit are not real oranges. Folks put them in the basements to repel spiders...not sure if that works or not. The wood is very strong, custom bowyers make some nice wood bows out of them. I don't know that the wood holds much scent after it is dry. Oh well, that's enough, maybe someone else can add or correct me on that. Wood sure is interesting though, some are just right for certain uses.

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LOL... If it repels SPIDERS then I'd like it! LOL! I actually looked it up online.(I'm a bit obsessive about learning) I saw info on the Bows and some violins etc. Very Pretty wood when finished. The fruits are UGLY! Said they'd probably make you vomit.... That is as much as I retained. I'm pretty pleased to have retained THAT much!

The tree itself was not all that attractive.
I love different woods in furniture and art and instruments etc. I can't play a guitar worth beans but I Love to see them with clear finish and look at the wood. I have tried wood carving but wasn't very good....I don't like not being able to Fix a mistake... clay or wax was fixable....LOL....

If you ever have a chance to see one of Russ' sticks in person I think you'll be pleased!

Thanks for the info! Heather

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Heather and Bob, those photos are too funny....I was laughing my butt off when I saw them!! hahaha

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Heather and Bob, those photos are too funny....I was laughing my butt off when I saw them!! hahaha

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We did have a bit too much fun! I decided the Webster Family(MY family)... are ALL NUTS! They were cheering us on and having a blast... What a bunch of kooks! Hmmm.... wonder where I got it from? LOL....

always glad to give you a good laugh Mike!

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I guess some folks would like the smell and others probably not like so many things. The fruit are not real oranges. Folks put them in the basements to repel spiders...not sure if that works or not. The wood is very strong, custom bowyers make some nice wood bows out of them. I don't know that the wood holds much scent after it is dry. Oh well, that's enough, maybe someone else can add or correct me on that. Wood sure is interesting though, some are just right for certain uses.

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Johnny.... Judging by the use TT has put on his thru the woods... they MAY hold up to a whack across MOST heads. Bob and I decided....LOL... MY HEAD is SO HARD I'd break one! SEE how this one is shaped to FIT my head? LOL...

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Pictures don't do enough for those sticks. Seeing them in-person and holding one in your hand is pretty neat too. So I guess TT's you'll be needing some 08' coins?

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Depend's how far ya wind-up I reckon...LOL!! Seriously,pretty tough. I use Maple alot because of the awsome wood grain you can bring out.In fact spend as much time bringing out the natural grain of the wood as almost the rest. Do thing's kinda primitive but it's more satisfying to me.

Got the first one I made & it is locust. Like carvin cement but ya wanna talk about some strong stuff now. I use it for a hammer,pry bar,ice buster,you name it. Actually surprised it hasn't broke cuz I have tried.

Some walnut & hopin to collect some hickory in the near furure.

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Locust sounds good and I KNOW that hickory will do the job. Make MINE outa the OSAGE ORANGE though please! You can put the mantel piece on hold til MINE is done! OK?

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Locust sounds good and I KNOW that hickory will do the job. Make MINE outa the OSAGE ORANGE though please! You can put the mantel piece on hold til MINE is done! OK?

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Now I'm a lil intrigued by this osage orange stuff & wantin to fetch me some up. I can do that for ya but I'll warn ya,Some of them take me over a month to do cuz I am only able to piddle with them here & there due to my health. I think I have done 18 in close to 2 years is all but there seem's to be one layin on the bench a waitin on me for when I'm up to it all the time.

Dr's took my driver's license 13 month's ago,unable to do much so this is just one of the way's I keep myself outa the fruit bin at the pick & save!

I enjoy doing it even if it's an hour here & there.

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Pictures don't do enough for those sticks. Seeing them in-person and holding one in your hand is pretty neat too. So I guess TT's you'll be needing some 08' coins?

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Two Toes, I've got acres upon acres of Black Gum Tree on my property. I can try to gather a stick of that and get it to Heather if ya want to try that stuff. It's supposed to be extremely hard and dense. It was "the wood" for making wagon wheels I've heard. I know it's awful hard to split and seems to burn for a long time. Someday I plan to skid out a tree or two and have it sawn to 3/4" thick flooring, and lay it on one of the rooms of the house. I always thought that would be kinda neat.

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Two Toes, I've got acres upon acres of Black Gum Tree on my property. I can try to gather a stick of that and get it to Heather if ya want to try that stuff. It's supposed to be extremely hard and dense. It was "the wood" for making wagon wheels I've heard. I know it's awful hard to split and seems to burn for a long time. Someday I plan to skid out a tree or two and have it sawn to 3/4" thick flooring, and lay it on one of the rooms of the house. I always thought that would be kinda neat.

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