Please help me choose wood for a staff

fearn · 11th May 2010, 03:06 AM

The other problem with osage orange is that the sap wood can get bug-eaten. Actually, that's true for any wood, but osage orange seems particularly prone to damage.

If you're back east, there are various ironwoods (e.g. hop hornbeam, Ostyra virginiana) that more-or-less live up to their name, and tend to grow straight.

As for Vandoo's graph, you can download it from the link I posted above.

Same link as before

Best,

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11th May 2010, 03:06 AM	#12
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	The other problem with osage orange is that the sap wood can get bug-eaten. Actually, that's true for any wood, but osage orange seems particularly prone to damage. If you're back east, there are various ironwoods (e.g. hop hornbeam, Ostyra virginiana) that more-or-less live up to their name, and tend to grow straight. As for Vandoo's graph, you can download it from the link I posted above. Same link as before Best, F