The Gustavus Thread

[gustavus]

A month or so back I salvaged some moldings and door casings from a 100 year old house, the wood is first growth Fir.

The board in the picture is 3/4" wide, count the rings. It had taken mother nature 30 years to add an 1 1/2 diameter to that huge Fir.

Because of the nature of 1rst growth Fir it's very hard and it stays nice and straight.

Luthiers pay a premium, and archers want it for making arrows, this small lot that I have will be cut into arrow blanks.

I once came across an old Cedar log that was 12 feet across with nice tight grain, that log was worth a fortune. I sought out the owner who was now residing in an old age home, the old guy in his 80's would not sell the log because he was going to cut shacks from it one day. Not much you can do when dementia takes its toll on a person there's no reasoning with them.

I kept my eye on the property if I was passing by just in case a family member inherited from the old guy, eventually there was a new house with Caucasian folks not Japanese as the old man. Anyhow the log was gone along with my dream of ownership.

[Bear]

A month or so back I salvaged some moldings and door casings from a 100 year old house, the wood is first growth Fir.

The board in the picture is 3/4" wide, count the rings. It had taken mother nature 30 years to add an 1 1/2 diameter to that huge Fir.

Because of the nature of 1rst growth Fir it's very hard and it stays nice and straight.

I have some old Redwood that looks a lot like that, especially in the grain