/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I have some Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) trees on my property I cut down recently. One had dead wood and much of the heart into the branches looks like this. I just waxed dipped the ends of some of it. I'll be using these for knife handles and a few other things when they are finally seasoned enough. I need to finish cutting the stump off then dip it too.

I also have a few Boxelder maple (Acer negundo) trees that I need to remove. I'm hoping they have some of that good rose color in the trunks. According to the wood database site, American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), Boxelder, and Mimosa all have the nearly same hardness. The Boxelder is just 50lbs less than the other two on the Janka hardness scale. I've been using lots of the sycamore for handles (digital pattern looking one in >>1520186 ) for quite some time now and I like it.

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Very nice, anon! Very inspirational too.