Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2011 10:53:23 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Had some time with the Workforce the other day so I trimmed out a bunch of my Texas wood so I could have some preforms to work with. Some of the smaller ones I just marked freeform as I'll work them as is without extra trimming. This is about half what I trimmed up as lots are duplicates. All this is from the south Texas wood area. Thanks for looking....Mel Mostly palm, fern etc: Various shrinkwood: Wood replacements where little wood pattern remains:
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Post by tandl on Jul 25, 2011 10:59:39 GMT -5
A bunch ! of Awesome wood !!!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Jul 25, 2011 11:16:57 GMT -5
thats gonna be a great batch of cabs!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jul 25, 2011 11:21:56 GMT -5
Gotta love that shrinkwood! Those feathery patterns in the wood replacement are pretty awesome!!
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unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Jul 25, 2011 14:00:22 GMT -5
Wow that pet wood looks great. I have never seen a piece of pet wood in person. Is it hard like a rock with the grain of wood still remaining? I am going to have to get me a piece. You are so lucky to live in an area that has such great stuff. I have to get out of NJ stu
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Post by rockrookie on Jul 25, 2011 14:42:04 GMT -5
Nice , Mel !! love the 2nd group ! --paul
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2011 15:43:29 GMT -5
Stu: All the Texas wood I've found is really hard just like agate or jasper. Most looks just like a hunk of wood on the outside though the shrinkwood tends to have a black coating and appear to be cracked up like wood burnt in a fire. Interior wood grain varies depending on the degree of decomposition. Much Texas wood was buried in mud and partly rotted before it became replaced by silica so some will look exactly like a wood cross section, some shows partial grain and some looks like moss agate on the inside because it's simply an agate cast that formed in a void left by wood that has completely rotted away.....Mel
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jul 25, 2011 15:48:22 GMT -5
love that shrinkwood...... I can't believe i was talked into paying a forturne for that in Tucson. Oh ya the man said it was rare and called it "Midnight Sable". It's beautiful, but still shrinkwood. I'll have to dig out the pic when i have time. mary ann
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Post by superioragates on Jul 25, 2011 16:21:19 GMT -5
Wow....gotta say....a tad bit of jealousy just went thru me...lolol......very nice!!
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Post by tanyafrench on Jul 25, 2011 18:55:39 GMT -5
Mel, you have the best variety and that shrinkwood is awesome. Well will all be looking for the cabs soon.
Tanya
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jul 25, 2011 20:39:14 GMT -5
Mel do you think this is shrinkwood aslo?? been wondering what this was
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2011 21:08:44 GMT -5
Chris: Looks like shrinkwood to me....Mel
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Post by carloscinco on Jul 25, 2011 21:22:00 GMT -5
Great selection Mel. That's gonna look great cabbed up.
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Post by roy on Jul 26, 2011 0:00:09 GMT -5
the shrinkwood is very interesting !
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jul 27, 2011 0:48:16 GMT -5
Thanks Mel. Been wondering what that material was ever I found it in a bucket of mine.
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rocpup
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Post by rocpup on Jul 27, 2011 11:16:56 GMT -5
Mel I am an old hound but I am unfamiliar with the term "Shirnkwood". It is unused around our area. Is it a name used for wood that has shrunk and agate fill around the shrinkage or is it a wood found in Southern Texas? Never to old to learn. Don
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 27, 2011 12:33:28 GMT -5
Don, Yep a local term. Never heard it till I started collecting here in Texas. It is basically wood that was petrified, fractured, and then resealed with agate so it has that brecciated appearance. Some was also partially decomposed before it was replaced with silica so much of the original wood grain has disappeared. Much of it was apparently palm fiber at one time too. The scientific term for this shrinkwood when the fracture appears geometric in nature is " hexagonally fractured petrified wood" Probably found in most petrified wood areas but it seems particularly common in south Texas.....Mel
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Post by rocpup on Jul 27, 2011 18:48:51 GMT -5
Thanks Mel I was begining to think I was missing something. Don
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Post by frane on Jul 28, 2011 9:00:17 GMT -5
Now that looks like a sweet batch of wood! I love the red in the bottom r of the last picture and the dark feathery looking one off center to the right of the last picture. Really great variety! Fran
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