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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4045117" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Amazing the bottoms were rotted out. Around NC Ok, there are miles and miles of the bois d'ark fence posts abandoned with Tposts fences replacing them. The tops of the fence posts around here are 1/3 the size of the bottoms in the ground. What is buried in the ground stays original size while the top dries out I guess. </p><p>The wood that remained underground is valuable to folks that use wood lathes as it retains some amazing colors after extended drying, vs the typical yellow color of the wood. Extremely hard. </p><p>On my lathe, I build turkey strikers for calls from different woods on occasion. Using any hardwood, I can turn three or four strikers before needing to resharpen the cutting tool. If using Osage Orange, I have to resharpen two to three times for one striker. It will dull a chain saw in a heartbeat.</p><p>Also known as Osage Orange. If I remember correctly that wood has the highest BTU's of wood burned in a fireplace according to OSU. </p><p>I've burned a lot of it, picking it up when the country clears roadsides. It burns hot as heck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4045117, member: 5412"] Amazing the bottoms were rotted out. Around NC Ok, there are miles and miles of the bois d'ark fence posts abandoned with Tposts fences replacing them. The tops of the fence posts around here are 1/3 the size of the bottoms in the ground. What is buried in the ground stays original size while the top dries out I guess. The wood that remained underground is valuable to folks that use wood lathes as it retains some amazing colors after extended drying, vs the typical yellow color of the wood. Extremely hard. On my lathe, I build turkey strikers for calls from different woods on occasion. Using any hardwood, I can turn three or four strikers before needing to resharpen the cutting tool. If using Osage Orange, I have to resharpen two to three times for one striker. It will dull a chain saw in a heartbeat. Also known as Osage Orange. If I remember correctly that wood has the highest BTU's of wood burned in a fireplace according to OSU. I've burned a lot of it, picking it up when the country clears roadsides. It burns hot as heck. [/QUOTE]
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