Perhaps someone needs to establish with manufacturers the need for this wood so that it may be harvested and processed. The owner of our camp has (or had) several good Hickories that needed to be cut down, but no one was interested because there was little or no market for the wood. This is in Northwestern PA and Southwestern NY. Dan Hallett ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:47:21 +0000 From: John Delacour <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> Subject: Re: Hickory or Pecan for go bars?! At 5:16 PM -0800 1/20/02, Joseph Garrett wrote: >Egad, if you have a good source for either of those woods, please list it. >Here in the Pac.N.W. that kind of wood is impossible to find. And, if you >can find it, you don't have much choice, either. Hickory is THE wood for >wooden threads. I would really like to get some 4/4 and 6/4 in stock. >Anyone? According to Wolfenden its also THE wood for hammer shanks and I've seen it used on a few old German uprights, though most of them used maple or even birch, as well as another very nice wood that I've never identified. Over here good (knocking) hammers often have hickory hafts, but thats the only time you ever see it. I've used maple and beech for go-bars, but ash, though good enough for hammer hafts and scythes and things, will not recover fully from bending. Ramin seems to be OK. JD
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