Hickory Fiddlewood

[Blackie76]

By sheer blind luck I happened across a piece of 2x8x72 hickory.  I took it to my father who is a very experienced carpenter and he informed me that it's an exquisite piece of wood.  He said the grain flow is something called "fiddlewood".  He said you almost never see this in hickory but he confirmed under a microscope by looking at the pores in the grain that it is in fact hickory.  I was wondering if anyone else out there had ever run into this sort of wood and what sort of experience you might have had with it.

[fujimo]

sounds like a heap of junk to me- really not suitable for anything. in fact as a friend-i wont charge you very much for the convenience of taking it to the land fill for ya!!  :D  
seriously though, they sound like awesome material for lams!!
maybe not entirely suitable for a board bow- unless maybe it was backed with boo or good hickory. but you would get far greater milage out of it making lams for glass bows.

[Blackie76]

Very funny.  Actually with the way the rings run I think its going to make a very suitable stave bow.

[Troy D. Breeding]

Sounds like one heck of a super looking piece.

I'd really like to see a pic.

Troy

[Roy from Pa]

Blackie I wouldn't trust it for a stave bow. Ya might be better off just sending it to me:)LOL

[wood carver 2]

You'd better hurry up and make a bow out of that stick or you'll have guys pounding on your door for it.    
Dave.
P.S. show the wood nuts here a picture!

[DavidV]

I'm not that experienced but I've heard people say not to use figured wood for board bows because the wavy grain is cut through and you have a bunch of violations, it may work because it's hickory though. I bet you'd get some awesome lams out of it.

[johnny girardi]

I think this is not curly hickory.It is fiddle back witch is like lite freckles on edge grain.It is most common in hard maple and cherry.When making laninations and you hit this section in wood and grain is straight you get premo lams.

[7 Lakes]

I agree, we need pictures