Well definitely Not Black Jack Oak. I'll run out there tomorrow and get better photos of the leaves. I just call it BJ Oak because when fresh cut, the center is black.
Surprised the burling was not deeper. Or is it and just hard to see in the pictures?
The slabs in the pic were not burled. That was a fairly plain tree. That burly tree was just one I found trouncing through the woods. Still have to get it down and on the mill
"a fairly plain tree" still has some gorgeous color and grain in my opinion.
That bark is definitely not Black Oak & the leaves do look like Scarlet Oak. This time of year, fall, the leaves turn Scarlet Red and the Scarlet Oaks are typically the last to have their leaves still on the tree, in my area.
I'm not sure what it is, I just called it that. Some type of evergreen bush. For fun, I'll cut some up tomorrow and see how it reacts.
No, a cleaned up end grain shot would not help as many of the Red Oak family members are for the most part very, very similar looking. No, very slim chance for Black oak, like less than 1%..... Black oak rarely has deep sinuses. Good picture of the leaves. Can you do the same with a few twigs to show the shape of the buds? Likewise for the acorns, having a scale in each picture.
That definitely looks like a nice piece of Yew. If you use the “search” tab and “Yew” there should be plenty of hits. I’ve made quite a few things out of Yew and it has some beautiful colors and grain patterns.
Just did the search. Man that stuff is gorgeous!
