my tent

[Hammerhead]

first time the old wedge had seen daylight in a few years and im holding my 50 caliber new englander

[William]

You are farther along with your gear than I am, you look good and have some shelter to boot.  I am just concern with the way you carry your knives as I can'
t see if they have sheathes or not.  If you haven't yet, make some sheathes for them, don't take a chance sticking yourself.

BTW, I'd like to see a closeup of the sassafras wood that was used to stock your rifle.

[Hammerhead]

this new englander has a regular cherry stock my 58 has the sassaphras i will get a closeup tonight of it and post it unless your comin up ohio ways

[William]

Oh, my mistake.  I'm still interested in seeing a closeup though, never seen sassafras wood.

[Hammerhead]

heres the sassaphras stock

[crazell]

Your gear is coming along great.Your more into it than most out here.Keep it up Hammerhead!!
That sassafras stock sure is Purty!!!

[Hammerhead]

and

[William]

Very interesting!  It reminds me of pecan, a variety of hickory with the grain structure.  Where did you get the wood for it?

[Hammerhead]

a old friend of the family made it he passed a few years back

[William]

Treasure it then, always.
This is wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt;
Sassafras trees grow from 9.1–18 m (30–59 ft) tall and spreading 7.6–12 m (25–39 ft)[4] The trunk grows 70–150 cm (28–59 in) in diameter, with many slender branches, and smooth, orange-brown bark. The branching is sympodial. The bark of the mature trunk is thick, red-brown, and deeply furrowed. The wood is light, hard, and sometimes brittle. All parts of the plants are very fragrant. The species are unusual in having three distinct leaf patterns on the same plant, unlobed oval, bilobed (mitten-shaped), and trilobed (three pronged); rarely the leaves can be five-lobed.[5] They have smooth margins and grow 7–20 cm long by 5–10 cm broad. The young leaves and twigs are quite mucilaginous, and produce a citrus-like scent when crushed. The tiny, yellow flowers are five-petaled and bloom in the spring; they are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit are blue-black, egg-shaped, 1 cm long, produced on long, red-stalked cups, and mature in late summer.[1] The largest Sassafras tree in the United States is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, which measures over 100 feet high and 21 feet in circumference.[6][7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras
During the establishment of the Virginia Colony, including Jamestown in the seventeenth century, sassafras was a major export commodity to England. A medicinal root and a wood prized for its beauty and durability, sassafras was popular from its first import by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1602 until the eighteenth century.[13] There was a brief period of time in the early seventeenth century in which sassafras was the second largest export from America behind tobacco. Additionally, throughout history Sassafras wood has been found to be an excellent fire-starter because of the flamability of its natural oils found within the wood and the leaves. Sassafras was a commodity prized in Europe as a cure (for various ailments.)

Anyone else used Sassafras wood for anything?

[crazell]

Nice tent you have there.Sweet gun too!Thanks for the link and info William. My family in Kentucky has it growing everywhere. They use the roots for tea and inscense. When I get back there, I'll have to check and see what is available.

[William]

You are most welcome.  This being a family site I edited the specific ailments that sassafras was used to treat to be more general, but you adults get the picture.  From what I've read it seems that this tree supports a wide range of critters from birds to deer and the wood seems to be light and strong.  I'm glad Hammerhead posted a pic of it, otherwise I never would known that there was a use for it other than for tea.

[Watauga]

Good Looking Shelter Kris
Sassafras makes a very good Hiking Stick too.
I like that Gun stock that Roger made too