If it dulls the hell out of your tools in a hurry it's hickory. If it splits easily it's probably hickory. If it's hard - really hard it's prpbably hickory.
charlie b
Re: Telling hickory from ash
Aug 10, 2003
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My experience with hickory is that it won't split at all. Guess that's why it was used for bows and hammer handles and such.
Fred
Cut a piece on a table saw or bandsaw. If it smells like burning rubber, its ash.
While hickory can split easily, ash generally splits much more easily. I've split many cords of wood with hammer/wedges and splitting mauls, and there's nothing I'd rather split than ash.
Known samples of each of the woods is usually the best aid to identification.
John Martin
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