Curly Cherry ??

[Glenn1]

I got back a lot of 4/4 and 8/4 cherry from my sawmill.  Here is a picture of a board in the group.  Actually, I have quite a few that look just like this.

I will be kiln drying these boards and wonder what the going price should be when I sell them.



Glenn

[dustyhat]

Now thats a eye catcher piece of wood. would like to see more pics of that.

[Peter Drouin]

Nice, With all the Cherry I have cut in all the years I never seen anything like that.
$12.00 a BF and up. 8)

[Nomad]

WOW!!!

[Magicman]

That will make you dizzy looking at it.     

[kensfarm]

I'd would want to make a table out of it.. Did the outside log show any signs of being different?

[WDH]

Spectacular.  Here is one source of info in PA.

http://www.irionlumber.com/index.php?page=prices---cherry

[Peter Drouin]

Well.WDH all I can say is wow on the price of some of the wood in the pic from PA.
I have sold some that looked like some of what they have for 2.00 a BF. Did not know I was giving it away. :D :D
But , I have never had a customer would pay that much for wood.

[69bronco]

Spectacular.  Here is one source of info in PA.

http://www.irionlumber.com/index.php?page=prices---cherry

Interesting link, thanks for posting it. Would like to see Max's mill!

[Glenn1]

I'd would want to make a table out of it.. Did the outside log show any signs of being different?

There were 9 logs in the purchase and one log did show some pattern when the bark was removed.  Not sure if this is the log or not. 

[Glenn1]

Nice, With all the Cherry I have cut in all the years I never seen anything like that.
$12.00 a BF and up. 8)

That is a number that I can live with......

[Magicman]

I have sawed only one Cherry log that showed curl, but it did not compare with that one above.


 
The cant.


 
Three boards.  This was part of a wall paneling job.

[Joey Grimes]

I built a curly cherry chest of drawers and was short by 10 bf I looked everywhere and found some at Atlanta hardwoods if I Rembert correctly I paid about 20.00 bf.

[YellowHammer]

Did the outside log show any signs of being different?

Most times it can be recognized on the bark, which will be visibly ridged, or on the end of the log, where the heartwood/sapwood interface will not be smooth, but will be noticeably scalloped.  Magic's photo clearly shows the discontinuities in the heartwood and sapwood ring that can be spotted when looking at the end of the log.

It's actually pretty easy to detect, especially with bucked logs, and since I buy my cherry from a log yard where there may be dozens, if not hundreds of cherry logs, spotting the odd curly cherry is an easy way to make a better profit.

[Greyhound]

If you ever want to see some more cool curly cherry, take a look here:  http://horizonevolutions.com/online-inventory/online_landing.html  These guys are in the absolute dead center of the heart of cherry country and they are a very nice, family owned business.  Two thumbs up.

[WDH]

There is a market out there.  You just have to research it.  Pretty easy to do on-line to test what other knowledgeable sellers are selling that particular item for.  Some sellers post their prices openly.  Others do not, but enough do to allow you get get a handle on what the selling prices are.