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It does not have a distinct smell to it is the weird part to me. It has an almost maroon color to it much darker than Brazilian Cherry. I think I am gonna send a sample into USDA for them to identify it. I dont want to sell a knife when I cant say what wood it is!

Yeah its really cool stuff for sure!

I am looking for some help identifying this species. My best guess so far is mesquite. Its pretty dense and with a lot of force I can barely dent it with a finger nail. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Its some really cool stuff. Hopefully the link works.

So far I have 56 sets of scales at 5/16” x 1 3/4” x 5” with some a little longer than 5”. Not quite as many worm holes to fill once I got to the meat of the log. This is all from 1 section of log about 5” round and 32” long. Some of them have awesome patterns.

Yeah i think I like the epoxy better as well especially for the longer holes. Gonna try some fine sanding dust as well still though. This round was done with sawdust from bandsaw and was pretty fine but i know sanding dust will be finer for sure.

Thx I will look into it. I did a small test today with tinted epoxy and sawdust & CA glue. I used 5 min epoxy so the air bubbles show thru and would use a diiferent slow cure one if I go that route. Gonna order some different colors and play around with it. I think either option could be very...

I will probably sell some once I get them all cut up and inspected. I will reach out when I get further along.

What brand of the powdered pigment do you guys like?

Thanks guys. Gonna take some work for sure but I think it will turn out great when done since I will have hundreds of these. Not all will have worm holes but still gonna take some effort. And yes some of the holes are quite long. The casting resin tinted green or blue is a great idea and could...

I processed some Osage Orange logs today into scales from a fence post that was cut about 20 years ago. It at 8% moisture and I have a lot more to process still and guessing I will have several hundred sets of scales when done. There are quite a few worm holes in some of it and need some advice...