Osage Wood
50-60 ft 15-18 m tall 1-2 ft 3-6 m trunk diameter Average Dried Weight.
Osage wood. This type of wood is notable for having a straight grain with a moderate texture that makes it extremely durable. The wood from the Osage tree has been used to make tool handles fence posts livestock stockades and furniture with a stable durable wood that can withstand rot for many years. In fact the fruit of Osage Orange is commonly used as insect repellant due because it contains elemol a chemical effective at repelling mosquitos ticks crickets and spiders.
2620 lbf 11640 N Modulus of. Welcome to Golden Wood Bows. Having become a student of the late Dean Torges my bows are styled in his fashion ie simple lines balanced near the arrow shelf slightly rounded limbs on the belly side and simple handles that flow into the limbs.
Chasing the Osage Bow. 54 lbsft3 855 kgm3 Specific Gravity Basic 12 MC. Harder and stronger than even white oak Osage orange was once cut for railroad ties.
The wood is extremely hard heavy tough and durable. The wood is used for fence posts insulator pins treenails furniture and archery bows. Karen_hine Flickr Creative Commons In some places 50-year-old fence posts still stand strong and sturdy as new.
Osage orange firewood also known as hedge horse apple or bodark is one of the best firewood types available. Wood Species Common Name. Osage Orange Maclura pomifera is a beautiful wood from the southern Midwest.
Beautiful piece of wood. Osage orange is a fashionable type of wood that is originally found in the south or central parts of the United States. Commonly the wood of a related South-American speciesMaclura tinctoriais imported as Argentine Osage Orange.