Author Topic: How dark does osage get?  (Read 325 times)

Offline Don Armstrong

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How dark does osage get?
« on: July 24, 2010, 07:58:00 PM »
I bought a 2"X2"X72" piece of what a guy said was osage. He said he had it for several years. I ripped it yesterday and it is a dark brown all the way thru. I know osage darkens with age but does it get a dark brown. Thanks, Don

Offline stickhead

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2010, 09:24:00 PM »
All I have ever seen has got dark on the outside but the inside is still yellowish orange.

Offline Don Armstrong

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2010, 09:49:00 PM »
This has no yellow to it at all. I'm wondering if I got took. I'm going to try a bow with it. I will lay out a 66" bow tomorrow and see how it goes. Don

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2010, 09:51:00 PM »
yea osage is always recognizable by the yellow wood i think they didnt know what it was when they gave it to you. if you look at the latest post by osagetree youll see just how yellow it is.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 08:56:00 AM »
I have some osage that is pretty dark all the way through but it is rare stuff. It is also very oily and brittle, not my favorite kind of osage by a long shot.

Offline Jason/Woody

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2010, 09:50:00 AM »
I got a piece of Osage from a 100 year old fence from a guy at work and it was the same signature color you would expect.  Methinks it may not be Osage
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Offline John Scifres

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Re: How dark does osage get?
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2010, 10:06:00 AM »
I'd guess something else too.
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