A secret weapon in wood identification.
Russian olive wood turning.
Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana.
Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states.
In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging.
Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous.
I tried to find the owner but finally gave up after several days and took its disposal into my own hands.
It has a hardness near cherry and walnut.
Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia.
Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
Russian olive is not closely related to the wood that is commonly referred to as olivewood olea europaea and may be distinguished from true olive by the endgrain.
Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex.
It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate.
Russian olive is not an olive.
In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can.