Thread: whats the name of this ?

There is cockspur but ive never seen any that big where's it form anymore pictures that may help

Ben

thats it. cockspur !

He's got an unusual amount of oversized stuff going on. told me something similar that he was told its mostly small.

thanks.

actually whats the width cause pictures can tell a different story because of zoom n stuff

No worries, makes nice pens and would be good for inlaying ive got some of it but its not big.

He's got a property with quite a bit of the unusual going on. kinda fun actually going there.

that piece is about 50x50mm. big unusual sized stuff. playing with the idea of making stool legs out of it.

Oh yea where is he from i know there is some at Byron Bay and some up here and it pretty much only grows in creeks its called cockspur because thats the shape of its thorn, in the early days it used to be used as a dye ive actually tried it and it works but it washes out im not sure how common it is though.

your a pretty knowledgeable guy for 17....... Makes me think your possibly more like a cheeky bloke in his 60's pretending to be 17 .

bonalbo. Nice guy.

Should i be insulted or happy about being called a cheeky bloke in his 60's?
Na im definately 17 almost 18 actually only 23 days or so, my dad takes us out bush and he knows a fair bit about trees and so on so ive learnt a bit from him and i want to be a furniture maker so the more i know about wood and trees the better really.

Originally Posted by Woodkid

Should i be insulted or happy about being called a cheeky bloke in his 60's?
Na im definately 17 almost 18 actually only 23 days or so, my dad takes us out bush and he knows a fair bit about trees and so on so ive learnt a bit from him and i want to be a furniture maker so the more i know about wood and trees the better really.

hoping you were. for bit of fun.

Probably know more about trees than me. Don't remember names much. and I don't get out in the bush much either. Only begin to understand things better when I see it all cut up.

Dont worry i dont know a lot yet and i have to be told a few times before i know the name of a tree and what it looks like i know a heap of timbers but not what there trees look like as well.

well I think the best thing about woodworking is its one of those fields where one will never stop learning.

Yea thats right once you start you never stop so long as you enjoy it thats the main part.

Hi guys,
I've been given a piece of wood and told it was cockspur for my small wood collection. I always like to look up info about the pieces I have, etc but I haven't found anything about this one. Does cockspur have another name?
Cheers

Cockspur is often found under trees where the birds that eat the fruit poop the seeds.

I don't think it is native and any farmer I know on th coast of NSW hates the stuff.