It has a hardness near cherry and walnut.
Russian olive wood turning.
He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple.
I have turned many smaller bowls from it but getting from green rough turning to final turning after a kind of controlled air drying without checks is problematic.
Russian olive is not an olive.
It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate.
Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick.
Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia.
As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging.
A secret weapon in wood identification.
Most russian olive at most will be 12 inch diameter at 5 feet with all kinds of branching above that.
I tried to find the owner but finally gave up after several days and took its disposal into my own hands.
Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia.
Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous.