I was "bitten" by the fatwood collecting bug since I was in scouting. I am now 75 and still at it. I will say that I have a lot of it in various forms, but for those interested is such things I would like to show you my most treasured and rare piece. This is a 4 1/2 foot tall stump that I pulled out with my 4 wheeler. The bottom 2 feet was in the stump hole which is twice the diameter of the top of this piece. I am going back top measure the hole when I get a chance. I have never seen a short leaf, loblolly or a long leaf pine with a split trunk in all my years in the woods. Forty.. fifty feet up the trunk, yes, but never this low. However, as I was resting after struggling with this damn treasure of mine I was stunned to see a live short leaf not 15/20 yards from where I was sitting. Same basic conformation, just the split showing higher, I guess because what I have showing was not visible from the outside, so it would have been like the live one.
I can not bring myself to even think of breaking this thing down, but I have taken small cores in several areas. It appears to be at least 85 to 90 percent everywhere.
I can not bring myself to even think of breaking this thing down, but I have taken small cores in several areas. It appears to be at least 85 to 90 percent everywhere.
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