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David Hill

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Gor a call from my “Retired” friend (former Game Warden) who now does Tree work—- did I want a Mesquite burl? Well heck yeah! “Good, I’ll drop it off”.
Second— a friend has a rather large DRT or dying Live Oak that they’d like to have a couple of remembrances made from. “Sure !” said I, even though I don’t care for turning it— very dense, heavy, hard as rock wood. This “branch”is about 30” diameter,x 4 ft’ish. Friends are a gift from God— so what’s a little inconvenience?
Oh— the acronym— DRT— around here means —dead right there.

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Mike1950

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Burl looks very nice- Live oak chunk- one thought comes to mind first- I bet that sucker is heavy....
 

Tony

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That burl is awesome Doc, great score! On the live oak, I hope they are good friends. I hate dealing with it, Flatwork or turning.
 
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