Osage orange

[ragnik]

Anyone know where I can get a block or two of osage orange??

I had a block and i messed it up, ended up splitting the wood(long story). I liked how it looked on the knife and would like to get some more for it. Any place sell it I cant seem to find it. The block i had i bought at a knife show.

Thanks in advance

Ross

[SKIVIE]

Ross, here is a link to some on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

This guy sells lots of nice hardwoods.

In the search just type in hardwood scales and a couple will come up just click on his name and go to his other items on ebay and numerous pages of hardwoods will come up.

Shane

[HellForged]

try bowmaking suppliers. Osage orange is a premier bow wood and there are a few suppliers of staves. I'm outta town right now if you haven't found a supply in the next coupla days then I'll look it up when I get home.

~Matthew

[HellForged]

Here's a little something to get you started. www.bowstaves.com. When a bow stave is made it has to be very choice wood or your bow will crack and make life miserable for you. The advantage to this is for the knife maker it would seem... While they search for the perfect stave they must cull out a lot of wood. So you could call them and see if they would hook you up with their scraps... Sorry for bein' long winded.

~Matthew

[SteveS]

ragnik

Drop me an email. I have enough left for a couple of blocks. You're welcome to it.

Steve

[ragnik]

Matthew, thanks for the tip I knew osage orange was used for bows but dummy me never thought hey contact a bow maker!!! Thanks for the site as well.

Shane: Thanks for the ebay point out i didnt come across that one when I searched!!!!


Steve: You have mail.

Thanks guys

Ross

[McAhron]

i would try a bowyer in your area,they often have scraps that would be just right for knife handles,the small pieces are useless to a bowyer

[HellForged]

No prob on the info. I've never had the opportunity to work with Osage.... I like usin' Hickory. Makes a bow just as fast but much less a pain in the rear. And its a lot more readily available here in the south. But Osage is predominant in bowyering so what you're lookin' for should be easily attained. Heck you might even be able to set up some exchanges... bows for blades.


~Matthew

[TexasJack]

On the Third Coast, osage orange is sometimes referred to by it's Cajun/French name: bois d'arc (pronounced bwa-dark, or commonly bow-dark). It literally means 'wood of the bow'.

Texas Knifemaker's Supply usually has some in stock. It's pretty hard stuff - good for golf club heads.

[hammerdownnow]

They use it for hedge row around these parts. The dense multi trunked and low limbed trees keep the wind off the crops. The big green softball sized fruits are called hedge apples. Almost impervious to rot, they are used along with Locust for grape arbor posts.