Never posted a gloat before...not sure if this qualifies but I think so. I just purchased 10 slabs of Osage Orange lumber. I've never seen Osage in this thickness or width before, called some friends in the lumber business here in Maryland and they claimed they had once or twice over the last 15-20years, but claimed what I brought home was very, very rare....
Take a look at the photos...4 of these slabs are around 15" widths, the rest are all near 8", and they are all 10/4 and 12/4 thick, and all are around 6' long!!! Some live edges, a few inclusions and checks, but for the most part clear and straight...moisture was measured at around 3.5%. The seller claimed he milled this back in 2004 on his portable mill, from an old growth tree that was approximately 8' in diameter...
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