Came across this today and could not help myself due to the colour that the end of the log showed. Pitty there was not much of it. Interestingly the deadwood that is shown in the timber is a real cholcolate colour and hard, not at all pithy. Grain is tight and nice looking.
Cut it up into pen blanks and handle blanks with a few inlay strips in amoungst it to see how it dries.
Anyone confirm if it is Osage Orange?