SASSAFRAS

[Raul McCai]

Remember this bowl it was maybe the second or third effort to make a bowl

It was made from mystery wood found on side of road.
There were lots of guesses what species it might be.
I remember saying it smelled of camphor or mint
Well the mystery is solved it is sassafras.

 

[John Torchick]

Very nice. Like the natural edges on the side.

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

Interesting. I have never seen sassafras larger than a sapling. When I was a farm boy in SW Missouri, it mostly was found as brush in fence rows along the roads. I guess it has grown some in the last many years.

 

[hockenbery]

In Maryland it was rare to find sassafrass larger than 6" in diameter.
We did have three trees over 3 feet in diameter.

That is a nice sized piece.
The hollow center Is a nice feature that helps with the drying as there is no center in the center.