blame Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 i guess this is not a native US specie. it was brought over from Europe in the early 1900's as a decorative planting (wasnt aware that the early settlers did landscaping either lol ) ok so this is actually a bush not a tree but i felt its note worthy. the US gov sees this as an invasive species now but 20 years ago they sent them out to be planted by the 1000's. but you wont find much that is usable for anything more then pen turnings or stoppers since most doesn't get bigger then 2" around but i know of a piece that is 6" around and maybe 3.5 to 4 ft long that i will be harvesting soon when green it shows varying degrees of color from a chartreuse yellow in the sap wood to very dark brown in the core and in some cases even black its very wild grained very hard but takes glue very well since its a porous wood. on the lathe it cuts easy but tends to dull tools quickly. On the table saw it tends to fray a lot. one thing about this wood is it tends to curl alot while drying even under weight its been a few years since i have worked with any but i'll try to dig up some pictures of some i have sawn up. the leaf the bark NOTE: above images are copyrighted by there respective owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I actually think I've seen some of these.........but not sure. I love the info you have provided and would love to see some of your work in this wood if you are able to find the pics. Thanks so much for sharing these with us Blame! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankc908 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I really appreciate this series. I am seeing some woods that i would like to try to find and use. Many Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blame Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I really appreciate this series. I am seeing some woods that i would like to try to find and use. Many Thanks! your welcome i'm glad your seeing stuff that you want to find to use blame here is the only pic i can find of the autumn olive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Wow that is beautiful wood! I may have to try to find some of this myself. Thank you so much again Blame...........you're a treasure! Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Ooo....that is pretty! I've seen Bethleham Olive Wood turned into bottle stoppers. The grain really makes it look nice. This wold be perfect for intarsia. Anything that needs a lot of movement like water, clouds, smoke, or even the rolling hills. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blame Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 i know of a piece that is 6" around and maybe 3.5 to 4 ft long that i will be harvesting soon ....... so i think i have id the bush in question wrong it may the more common Russian Olive.... which is close relative to Autumn Olive main difference is that Russian Olive grows bigger , has less color , produces a white berry rather then a red berry like the autumn olive and also the Russian olive isnt suppost to have the silver shiny look to the undersides of the leaves. i'll have to wait acouple more weeks so i can id the species blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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