I agree for red oaks, but most white oaks smell delicious to me.Oak, any type I've seen is easy, Smells like horse-barn.
Oak, any type I've seen is easy, Smells like horse-barn.
I've split a lot of red oak and it's always smelled wonderful to me--sweet and fragrant, kind of like fermented fruit. No idea why some people talk trash about it. Big contrast to hickory, which really does smell like a horse barn! I dunno, maybe the soil has something to do with it?I agree for red oaks, but most white oaks smell delicious to me.
I think soil definitely affects it.I've split a lot of red oak and it's always smelled wonderful to me--sweet and fragrant, kind of like fermented fruit. No idea why some people talk trash about it. Big contrast to hickory, which really does smell like a horse barn! I dunno, maybe the soil has something to do with it?
I agree. I've had good red oak too. Most oak smells.good.to me. Only a couple had a weird odor. Prob soil as stinkpickle said.I've split a lot of red oak and it's always smelled wonderful to me--sweet and fragrant, kind of like fermented fruit. No idea why some people talk trash about it.
I was going for cherry too, till I saw the rays. I've had swamp oak, bur oak and cherry rounds all stacked together and from a distance u can't tell them apart. Both oaks have flakyish bark, dark redish heartwood and orangish sapwood. Both have a citris/woody oak smell which I love.My vote is for cherry but it could be oak - I'm just not seeing that. Definitely not Osage. Not a chance.
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