Russian Olive Wood Turning

A secret weapon in wood identification.

Russian olive wood turning.

I have turned many smaller bowls from it but getting from green rough turning to final turning after a kind of controlled air drying without checks is problematic. Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana. Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex. Russian olive is not closely related to the wood that is commonly referred to as olivewood olea europaea and may be distinguished from true olive by the endgrain.

Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick. Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous. He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple.

Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia. In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can. As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states.

Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia. Most russian olive at most will be 12 inch diameter at 5 feet with all kinds of branching above that. In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging. Russian olive is not an olive.