American Chestnut

[John K Jordan]

Would chestnut make good saw handles?

American Chestnut should make good handles for anything. Although fairly coarse, it machines and turns beautifully and finishes easily. I have a stock of wormy chestnut from 4/4 up to some beams maybe 5" thick. I guard it carefully and use it sparingly!

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[Ken Higginbotham]

Nice - !

Looking forward to making something with it

[Allan Speers]

I have a decent stash of reclaimed Chestnut, but I could never think of anything to make with it. Its light weight, which is nice, but not very strong, and I find it's appearance to be sort of "Red Oak's ugly cousin."


It's certainly not horrible, but $10 / bf? I dunno ......