Growing burls

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah, we lost pour Jim some time ago. I think he and the wife had a great life down in Peru though. And he was always talking about the struggles down there with 'outsiders' trying to influence forest activities. The WWF's address down there was an abandoned building. He used to tell us about how some gringo, once in awhile, would show up down there to make a new life for themselves. Most never made it.

Miss Jim being around. He could sure write some long posts about his ordeals.

[wesdor]

Trying to bring this topic up again.  Wondering if anybody has progress to report

Thanks in advance

[mesquite buckeye]

Superdave does a lot of wood turning and he says he has never found a bullet in a burl. He says this is probably 50 mesquite burls and quite a few cherry burls from New Jersey.

[dean herring]

Just how much are burles worth?

[SwampDonkey]

Depends on grain pattern, species, and what's hot at the moment of sale. ;)

[mesquite buckeye]

If the burl is for turning stock, the price is limited by the selling price of the bowl or other items and the value of labor/artistic ability of the turner and a profit for the store that sells the bowl. It all works backwards from the selling price of finished products.

Highly valuable burls are a bit like highly valuable black walnut... ;D ;D ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

I believe it should be possible to create burls with grafting techniques. I'd think a walnut burl would be highly valuable. ;D ;D ;D

If anybody is interested I can explain how you could do it.

[aehartle]

Any update to the progress of the trees? I am brand new to this forum and couldn't stop reading...

[Jeff]

I'm sorry to say that Jim King passed away several years ago and we will most likely never know the answer.

[WH_Conley]

I sure do miss Jim's stories.

[Magicman]

Hello aehartle and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.  How about an intro and sharing some of your tree/log/lumber interest.  Adding your location to your profile helps with questions.