Ash?

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#21

I’ve always been an ash man, myself.

#22

Ash is very resistant to splitting

– Last Updated: Aug-17-08 7:46 PM EST –

Retracted original post due to factual inaccuracies. My fault.

Mike

#23

Interesting, Mike…
…but I haven’t noticed inerlocked grain in the ash that I’ve used, nor have I found it to be particularly heavy. Ash DOES seem to resist splitting, however, and has a reputation for bending well. This may be the source of speculation that there is something especially “elastic” about the springwood, but I think it has to do more with fiber length and lignin content.

#24

You’re probably right. I tend to forget
that, for native Americans, easily worked woods were preferred. And the durability of ash may have been irrelevant because they were so capable of making field repairs almost anywhere. And their attitude about replacing a canoe may not have been anything like ours.

#25

I stand corrected
Thanks tktoo,

I was wrong. I had to dig out my copy of Hoadley (we moved recently)to double check. You are correct, ash does not have “interlocking grain” as I had suggested above.

Cheers…

Mike

#26

Bruce is the man. nm