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I don't know what this is. It burns a little fast and not as hot as Oak or Hickory but I love splitting it! Where Oak can sometimes bounce the Fiskars right off, this stuff is easy. One tap and it's done. Love splitting the stuff.
I don't know what this is. It burns a little fast and not as hot as Oak or Hickory but I love splitting it! Where Oak can sometimes bounce the Fiskars right off, this stuff is easy. One tap and it's done. Love splitting the stuff.
This was standing dead wood (no branches just main beam)
It smells different than Shagbark and is a little more shiny/silver on the bark if that makes sense. It doesn't burn as hot either and splits great (unlike Shagbark which can be ok to very hard to split). I have a lot of Shagbark Hickory here. Love that stuff! But I don't think this is a piece of it.
The smell seems different than Hickory and it splits WAY easier. I guess maybe the rot and worms could contribute to both of those. The bark looks a little more silver though (in person) than Hickory so that throws me off a bit.
Its definitely Shagbark hickory. I was joking about it being in the rose family. It is very attractive to wood borers(like rosebushes and apple trees.)
Sad fact of life.
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