Can you see how the wood doesn't want to split, it grudgingly rips apart. Great exercise! with 2.5 and 4.5 killogram weights on the ends of ax- and hammer- handles. KuroGane Holly, I guess the tree got the Holly name because the little green pointy leaves and red berries look like Wester holly? I'm wondering if this woould be be great as a pillar, it won't split, mabye it could have strengthened buildings against earthquakes? "Inquiring Minds Want to Know" . My woodstove buddy neighbor brought a big chunk of some other wood down from the waste disposal center. It should have been an easy split but it may have been old.. You can't rush, just feel like your saving yourself from wasting time on something that costs more money, or sending money to fossil fuel companies... I have a bring a chunk of this pale Kurogane Holly wood in for the art teacher...
"Big tree... we are the small axe..." --- Bob Marley
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