Tupelo

[SW_IOWA_SAWYER]

I am interested in trying to find someone that cuts tupelo for duck carving if you do please let me know and I would like to give that a try instead of basswood.

Thanks

George

[Kcwoodbutcher]

Try Jelutong (sp?). I use to carve decoys and that wood was way better than any thing else I used.

[fishfighter]

It is what I use, but I have to travel a long way for it now. :( If I had some on hand, I would send you some.

WV sawmiller had sent me some buckeye blocks.  I am drying them out now. Very soft lite wood. I think it will work out even better then tupelo if the blocks don't check. ;D

[Jemclimber]

I've heard catalpa is also a favorite, it's soft, brown, rot resistant, and ring porous which makes the grain "pronounced".

[Alligator]

I am interested in trying to find someone that cuts tupelo for duck carving if you do please let me know and I would like to give that a try instead of basswood.
Thanks
George

Look at the members map. Try to contact some of the members between Panama City and Tallahassee or that general area of the Florida panhandle. There are a lot of Tupelo gum grow in the Apalachicola basin. It is where most of the Tupelo Honey is produced. I don't think it is very much desired as lumber. So you may have to special request it.