A secret weapon in wood identification.
Russian olive wood turning.
Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous.
In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging.
Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana.
Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia.
In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can.
He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple.
As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states.
I tried to find the owner but finally gave up after several days and took its disposal into my own hands.
Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia.
It has a hardness near cherry and walnut.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex.
I have turned many smaller bowls from it but getting from green rough turning to final turning after a kind of controlled air drying without checks is problematic.
Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick.
It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate.
Russian olive is not an olive.