Skia@lemm.ee to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-210 months agoCan any of you identify this wood?nextcloud.kessel.hya.skexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkCan any of you identify this wood?nextcloud.kessel.hya.skSkia@lemm.ee to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-210 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
I found it in a forest in Jura mountains (France). Do you think I could make an axe handle out of it?
minus-squareCobblerScholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoAsh or white oak would be my first guess, either would be great for an axe handle. Really all your looking for with handles is relatively straight tight grain structure, everything else is more aesthetic than functional
Ash or white oak would be my first guess, either would be great for an axe handle. Really all your looking for with handles is relatively straight tight grain structure, everything else is more aesthetic than functional