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01-05-2007, 03:43 AM #1OLD BASTARD
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scales
these are the latest scales ,I`m slowly refining the shape the wood is orange osage ,its an American timber I believe,if not could someone kindly set me straight.
Anyway there is no finish on the wood as yet ,it has just been rubbed back to 2000 grit, time for the ca
kind regards Peterregularjoe likes this.
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01-05-2007, 03:48 AM #2Senior Member
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Nice Peter, I look forward to seeing them on a blade.
Cheers
Gary
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01-05-2007, 05:38 AM #3Honely Challenged
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I like the shape too!
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01-05-2007, 06:16 AM #4Loudmouth
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I'll agree with the other gentlemen and give you a
for the new shape design
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01-05-2007, 06:28 AM #5Super Shaver
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It's a beautiful wood and a great shape too. Can't wait to see them adorning a blade.
XLast edited by xman; 01-05-2007 at 07:15 PM.
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01-05-2007, 06:55 PM #6Senior Member
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Wow,
They look great, can't wait to see your finished product.
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01-06-2007, 04:39 AM #7grottolord
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Osage Orange is an American wood
it grows here in Pennsylvania
a thin tree that grows in hedge like configuraions with a big orange sized bumpy fruit.
Nice scales. think illl go find one of those trees right now!!!!!!!!!
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01-06-2007, 05:48 AM #8Plays with Fire
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Take a picture of the tree and post it!
Originally Posted by grottolord
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01-07-2007, 02:47 AM #9Cheapskate Honer
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heres a picture of the fruit:
http://hedgeapple.com/images/picspage/hedgeapple1.jpg
the tree:
http://hedgeapple.com/images/picspag...orange_row.jpg
A guitar made from it:
http://hedgeapple.com/images/picspag...od_guitar2.jpg
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01-08-2007, 03:47 AM #10Senior Member
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The native range of Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) is from eastern Oklahoma down through east Texas. It has however be widely planted throughout the eastern United States and is common as far north as Masachusetts. The tree is not considered very cold hardy and its northern extent is a function of winter temperatures. It was commonly used as a windbreak and a field hedge before the advent of barbed wire (if you've ever seen the wicked thorns on an osage orange you would know why). The tree is small, rarely taller than 70 feet, but its heartwood is the most decay resistant of any North American wood and is in fact imune to termite damage. The branch wood was the preferred bow making material of the Osage Indians and this wood is still in great demand by bow makers.
Given the properties of this wood, I would expect that it would make GREAT scales!
Cheers,
Ed
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