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Osage Orange stave transformation. (Hedge hog)

5K views 75 replies 16 participants last post by  RickWild 
“Hedge Hog”??? Hog???? Hope the giver wasn’t offended by that label. Known as Hedge Apple, Horse Apple, Bodock, and bois d’arc.
But not HOG, especially by anyone who has ever been around them.
 
That’s exactly how the bow maker would look, when he shows off his finished product, and says, “Hey look at my bow I made out of hedge hog”, and the guy starts laughing. Bow maker thinks the guy is laughing at his bow building ability, rather than his not knowing what the wood is called. Or, guy is thinking it sure would take a big hedge hog to get enough sinew to make a bow.
 
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