Thread: Ancient Redgum

there's an area in the north west of new south wales that has a fair bit of it to dig up , not sure weather it's redgum but its foselised , heard it splits when you nail it to , hard as rock it is

How "ancient" do you want? Do you want the whole tree? Slabs? Size?
What do you want it for? What sort of condition?

SF

Originally Posted by squashedfrog1

How "ancient" do you want? Do you want the whole tree? Slabs? Size?
What do you want it for? What sort of condition?

SF

I'd be up for a couple of sticks? 2" thick 4-6" wide? length...? do you have some?

Mebbee. Depends on how old "ancient" is. Oh, and how LONG is a stick?

Ancient like 5000+ years old and black, not grey. Length? Minimum around 500mm-600mm to as long as available.

Martix,

Have you tried this mob? http://www.timberlinedesigns.com.au/...ientredgum.htm

The timber used on this site is supplied by AncientRedgum Pty Ltd.

My stuff is nowhere near that ancient. My stuff would only be a couple of hundred years and I'm not a hundred percent sure if it's red gum or red box.

Guys,

Thanks for the responses. In answer to the questions:
- I want it 5000+ yrs
- in good condition
- I need about 1000mm * 200mm * 25mm (ish).

I'll try and track down Ancient Redgum P/L and post what I find out.

Regards,
Mike.

have a look here as well

http://ancient-wood.com.au/aw/index.html

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Alos anything in the area from this page

http://www.vnpa.org.au/campaigns/bar...hbrofinal1.pdf

general info here non ancient

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Red_Gum

I have seen a fair bit of old redgum at various recycled timber suppliers

alos check out these guys in naracoorte..

Yulgilbar Wood Gallery • Ph: 08 8762 3246 • Fax: 08 8762 0406 •
• Tourism South East Award Winner • Aged red gum tables, bowls and fine wood craft brought to life in local timbers. Only a 10 minute drive south of Naracoorte, opposite the Naracoorte Caves.

http://www.woodart.com.au/a_yulg.htm

seems to be a fair bit of it down thataway

good luck

There was a fair bit of even older timber dredged up from Homebush Bay in the leadup to the Sydney Olympics - you might want to make some enquiries to find out who bought it, as it was sold off by the Govt. under tender. Also Botany Bay near the runway extension into Botany Bay.

There was some on display a few years ago at the WWW show in Sydney - looked like black driftwood, IIRC it still had reasonable colour inside when cut.

Originally Posted by MikeK

Hi,

Anyone know where to get ancient redgum?

Regards,
Mike.

Is any more ancient redgum from the Victorian site - that which is claimed by the Australian National University to be 5,00 - 50,000 years old - available anywhere that I could use for pen-making?
CentralianAlien, Alice Springs.

Originally Posted by CentralianAlien

Is any more ancient redgum from the Victorian site - that which is claimed by the Australian National University to be 5,00 - 50,000 years old - available anywhere that I could use for pen-making?
CentralianAlien, Alice Springs.

there was a bloke on these forums that had quite a bit he was selling.

i think his name was bower bird yep, i just did a quick search and found his website:
http://www.bowerbirdtimber.com/index.html
i couldnt see the redgum on there (didnt look too hard tho) but it may be worth shooting him an email

cheers

ive got some dry stuff

Originally Posted by natural edge

ive got some dry stuff

Do you have enough for some pen blanks? How much is the price, plus postage?