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| hyperion |
rowan treesjust wondered if any one uses rowan to carve stuff with??ive been using green oak to make a few net needles lately but after having cut two bits of oak that were very dead in the heart and like iron to work with ive been looking at a few of the rowan trees here abouts and just wondering what its like to work with???? cheers hyperion |
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| wabbiter |
rowen is an ash and its ok but for net needles i'de use sycamore....mack 
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| hyperion |
hmmm its not an ash acording to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan ill be doing needles and a few carvings of dogs ect as well if its any good! just didnt want to go taking out a good tree if its no use for what i want is all! cheers hyperion |
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| wabbiter |
another name for rowen is mountain ash [sorbus aucuparia ]......for carvng animals you want lime its brilliant ....mack | ||
| hyperion |
its not related though! its closer to apples than ash!
no lime around here only oak ash sweet chesnut or rowan! |
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| wabbiter |
I hold my hand up , you are right its not an ash  ...mack
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| fish |
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| hyperion |
no offence meant mack! 
cheers hyperion |
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| wabbiter |
non taken mate, i just assumed it was an ash being called mountain ash, when i looked it up it said why it was called that, because of the similatity of the leaves. its good to learn something new....mack 
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| hyperion |
cheers mack!
been up in the woods today and had a play with a bit of rowan and it all looks good, so tomorrow ill be picking a tree to cut! cheers hyperion |
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