What Kind of burl is this?
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These were on the back of a buddy's farm... can you ID it?
Could be hickory. Most of the hickory I've seen has shaggier bark than that appears to have. Elm maybe. qbilder should have a very good idea.
Perhaps he will chime in....Or, you were being rhetorical? 
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LOL Yes sorry I was just a little to happy about it. Hard stuff to find, it's smooth bark Hickory, you're referring to shag bark hickory. I haven't found any burls on shag bark... yet.
I wonder if it's like 4 leaf clover? Is it possible to find curl in hickory?
You have me there, I've never seen any... You have me thinking, If I'm not mistaken if you buy Hickory lumber at a saw mill they'll interchange pecan I believe they're very closely related... I've never seen a pecan burl. I'll have to google it I bet they're similar.
leafs
Any leafs left on the tree? Usually nut trees loose their leafs all through the winter. Just looking at the bark in the picture it could be a few different trees. I see Red Oak leafs around the tree. It also looks like the tree is on the side of a hill. Meaning a tree that likes higher land.
Any leafs left on the tree? Usually nut trees loose their leafs all through the winter. Just looking at the bark in the picture it could be a few different trees. I see Red Oak leafs around the tree. It also looks like the tree is on the side of a hill. Meaning a tree that likes higher land.
Hickory Burl down...
It's hickory, I was joking around. Thought the cue makers would enjoy seeing it.
It's hickory, I was joking around. Thought the cue makers would enjoy seeing it.
Very pretty indeed. Almost puts me in the mind of Karelian, or Masur Birch.
I've thought the same on the Maur Birch. It's lighter than the hickory burl but similar in look. (not familiar with karelian).
Just googled it... very nice (and I agree)
Any tree can have burl, curl, eye, quilt, etc. Unfortunately, in the eastern half of the country, there's not really an established market for high figured domestic wood. I have talked with loggers who tell me they cut burls off & leave them to rot. Worse yet, they believe (and may be partially right) burls are a contagious cancer so they cut the burl trees because they fear the disease may spread. For other high figure trees with noticeable deformity, they won't even cut them because the lumber won't be uniform, which means the mill either won't buy the log or won't pay much for it. So not only are many high figure trees not even being cut, the ones that do get cut are left to rot. Worse yet, in the off chance that a high figure log goes unnoticed to the point of milling, the lumber will be separated as soon as the figure is seen. In a nut shell, figured wood is often more of a nuisance than an asset.
Guys like the OP who have a passion for it is the only reason we even get to see these woods. I sometimes joke that most cue makers get excited over a nice lathe, and I get excited over a nice chainsaw. Roaming the forest with a chainsaw is the only way to get woods like that hickory burl.
Karelian & massur birch are one in the same, AFAIK.
You are correct. :wink:
Ahhh that explains why the 1st pic I saw when I googled it said massur birch!
Yeah, just like rock maple is the same as hard maple, sugar maple, etc. There are a million woods in this world, and 5 million names for it.