Thread: Osage/Hedge apple

Here's some of the smaller branches in buckets....these were easy to work with and drop.
But I also built alot more with 2x4 and 4x4 sized limbs, with lengths from 5 to 7 feet...stupid me...it took 3 of us to lift them and drop them in the water!
As others said, they are much easier to work with green.

And that is a stack of dried Hedge/Osage for the fireplace.

The structure looks good. Watch that Hedge-Osage closely in open fireplace. Must have good screen. It will throw heavy sparks half way across the room in a heartbeat .

Originally Posted by Olegiller1

The structure looks good. Watch that Hedge-Osage closely in open fireplace. Must have good screen. It will throw heavy sparks half way across the room in a heartbeat .

If you ever want to burn it, you also better have the fireplace or stove checked out....any issues will be brought to your attention quickly...once you get it going, it burns Super Hot and for a long time.
You really cut down on your wood consumption, but it's heck on something not designed for it.

The only thing I've ever burnt that was hotter was when I was in SC...had a friend who bought an old warehouse in Charleston that was built in the 1800's.
He was re-doing the whole interior. The warehouse had original shelving (??) that was 18 inches wide, 3 inches thick, and 24 feet long...we had no idea what kind of wood it was, and it was dry.
He gave me all the wood I wanted, a buddy and I spent 2 days cutting it into squares, and hauling it back to Greenville.
The First cool night, we put 4 squares into the fireplace, and I went to take a shower....when I got out the house was steaming...it was 95 degrees in the large living room, the bricks on the outside of the fireplace were too hot to touch...it took forever to get that wood to cool down....from then on we used 1 square....we still don't know if that was ironwood, or old resin treated planking, it lasted my entire 7 yrs down there....best wood I ever burnt, no popping, no smell, just extreme BTU's

It also makes awesome pots for turkey calls, the super dense wood will give off sounds no other wood will...

Originally Posted by MDBowhunter

It also makes awesome pots for turkey calls, the super dense wood will give off sounds no other wood will...

"Pots" is that referring to a slate? Educate me please.

Yes sir, friction calls or slate if you will. I make custom friction calls and Osage makes some of the best sounding calls, here are some pics of a few that turned for some customers last year. The one on the bottom right is Osage that was hit with a torch then finished, and two right above it are laminated with Bocote, Osage and Padauk. The Osage is the yellow looking wood. All of these calls are double sided and your looking at the bottom side in the pic, The Osage call is copper over slate, nice and raspy...