**ENDED**Sumac root ball Auction!!!!

[ClintW]

5 hrs left!

 

[Tim Carter]

$40
Tim

 

[ripjack13]

$40
Tim

Hey....no bidding by members without an avatar...

 

[ripjack13]

 

[Fsyxxx]

42$. That's the answer.

 

[ClintW]

28 minutes!

 

[duncsuss]

Congratulations, Greg! Looking forward to seeing what you're able to do with this

 

[ripjack13]

Awe darn...I missed the ending. That's what happens when you have a grandson...pepere. play legos with me....

 

[ClintW]

@Fsyxxx looks like you are the winner!
Can't wait to see what you will make!

 

[Fsyxxx]

Donation made. Funny thing is I'm working an auction now!

 

[Fsyxxx]

Heya Clinton! Got the package, burl looks awesome thanks for the 'peanuts!' The honeysuckle is super bitchin. Not sure what to do with it yet but it's really really cool!

 

[ClintW]

Heya Clinton! Got the package, burl looks awesome thanks for the 'peanuts!' The honeysuckle is super bitchin. Not sure what to do with it yet but it's really really cool!

Thanks! I figured I would add some gems to the box. I think you'll be more pumped about the HS when you cut into it. It's quite unique wood I have found. I bet it will turn like butter! Looking forward to seeing what you make!

 

[Kevin]

Clint thanks for your generous donation - if you have any more honeysuckle I would love to buy some from you - I have never had any but it sounds cool.

 

[Fsyxxx]

Thanks! I figured I would add some gems to the box. I think you'll be more pumped about the HS when you cut into it. It's quite unique wood I have found. I bet it will turn like butter! Looking forward to seeing what you make!

The outside is so cool! I think I'm gonna keep practicing carving and make a wood spirit out of it. It seems a shame to cut all the outside off, unless of course you have some other pieces of it

 

[ClintW]

Clint thanks for your generous donation - if you have any more honeysuckle I would love to buy some from you - I have never had any but it sounds cool.

I can probably round some up. It's an invasive species and grows quite well in river bottoms. What sizes you interested in? I have a box of pen blanks.

The outside is so cool! I think I'm gonna keep practicing carving and make a wood spirit out of it. It seems a shame to cut all the outside off, unless of course you have some other pieces of it

As I said to Kevin, it is an invasive species. There is lots of it. Just finding where it can be cut or construction has resulted in it being cut down so I can snatch it up.

I will see if I can get some more. For wood spirits I could get some 1.5" stuff no problem. Maybe even some bigger pieces. @davduckman2010 may have some on his property. I have seen bushes in the park that are 8+ in diameter.

 

[Kevin]

Pen blanks for the wife pepper mill blanks for me so 2.5 square minimum by 10" pr longer - I have no clue how big the trees grow though.

 

[SENC]

Pen blanks for the wife pepper mill blanks for me so 2.5 square minimum by 10" pr longer - I have no clue how big the trees grow though.

I thought you said you had Carolina roots! You can't have spent time here and not know honeysuckle!

 

[Kevin]

I thought you said you had Carolina roots! You can't have spent time here and not know honeysuckle!

Carolina roots and Irish roots, but I didn't grow up in Ireland either.

 

[ClintW]

Looking online, it says it grows in Texas. Most likely where it is always wet. Seems to love river bottoms though. And it keeps its leaves way longer that anything! Heck its still green leaved now! And most all other trees have shed their leaves entirely.

 

[Kevin]

Well believe it or not I have sassafras trees in my FBE patch, but they are al very small. Never come across one more than 4 or 5" in diameter so I have never dropped one.