I got one for ya

[Charlie Knighton]

what is candlewood?

 

[hockenbery]

Might be wax Myrtle also called southern Bayberry.

Used a lot in candles. I like turning it but it rarely gets big. 8 - 10” diameter is common size here.
Nice for Smaller NE bowls, goblets etc.

One cool thing we get is an annual arrival of a flock of 2-3000 tree swallows feasting on the Berrys. They fly into a tree and it shakes. they eat everything in a day and are gone until next year.
When the drink from our pond they line up single file and fly low to water with their lower beak in the water.
A spectacular site.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

sorry Al....not what I'm thinking about.....
found it in "A Reverence for Wood" by
Eric Sloane.

 

[odie]

found it in "A Reverence for Wood" by
Eric Sloane.

My usual reference source is the wood data base......and, there is no reference for that. Do you know what candlewood is, Charlie?.......

For those who haven't used the wood data base:
http://www.wood-database.com/



-----odie-----

 

[hockenbery]

sorry Al....not what I'm thinking about.....
found it in "A Reverence for Wood" by
Eric Sloane.

Now I have to go out to the shop and search the library for my Sloan’s book....

 

[Charlie Knighton]

yes....but was info I recently learned from the author.....another hint.....
new England term ......

 

[Charlie Knighton]

Now I have to go out to the shop and search the library for my Sloan’s book....

page 49 Al

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Grows in South Africa, in old Dutch (Afrikaans) it is called Rooi Kersie hout, which I would translate into Red Cherries bush,
It is very heavy wood, will still sink in water when dry.
Can grow into a small tree in very favourable condition, otherwise more a shrub, and therefore used as a hedge sometimes.
Latin name Pterocelastrus_tricuspidatus here is a link to some more info.

http://knysnawoodworkers.co.za/arti...rees/candlewood-pterocelastrus-tricuspidatus/

 

[Charlie Knighton]

good try Leo, and I believe the use of candlewood but not the one Sloane was referring to......also not New England term

 

[William Rogers]

It's pitch pine sticks used for lighting candles/tourches. Lights easily.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

yes.....u are correct....William

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Sorry Charlie, you didn’t specify where it was found, your Question was “What is candle wood”, and I told you , and not what someone was referring to as to easily start the wood stove or fireplace etc., like pitch Pine sticks

 

[Charlie Knighton]

I believe we have 2 winners.....Leo u have always been a disrupter......always good to have more than one opinion

 

[Tom Albrecht]

aka "fatwood" ?