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Burl Hunter - How to buy Burl
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hey this is Greg the burl hunter and I'm
gonna do a tutorial on the buyers guide
to burl there's so many things that you
need to consider when you're purchasing
burl most of this is maple burl there's
never any bad burl good better and best
is the way that I like to look at it
because burl is great these two pieces
on the top are like a cluster log it's
clusters of burl and so obviously where
there's no burl you're not going to have
that nice figure that everybody is
looking for but there is figure on both
sides of the burl where you get
herringbone or there's many different
descriptions but what I want to talk
about is the quality of burl what you're
buying for what use you want some of my
artists that I support love inclusions
and some want just a hundred percent
burl no bark inclusion ZnO voids both
are good both are desired with this
maple burl right here this is a very
inclusion a burl it's gonna have lots of
bark inclusions in it from small to
maybe large because of these folds that
go in right here and also the size of
the pin you see lots of bark in between
the pin if you cut into this for either
hollow forms or bowls or whatever you're
going to have bark inclusion this is not
maple its Buckeye but I wanted to bring
this out to show you how you can
incorporate barking cretians like this
maple right here will have inclusions
maybe not as large barking Cluj ins as
large as this but you can see how you
can include the the voids and the bark
into your artwork if you like this kind
of thing look for burles like this that
have inclusions faults now right
underneath it some would call this
veneer quality really good quality where
they're the most chance of no inclusions
now this is not a science because nobody
can really look into the burl and tell
you if there's going to be inclusions or
no inclusions it's just based on
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observation over the years of
understanding how pearls grow but this
one if I were to cut this cap off it
should be a solid white burl with no
brown bark inclusions or voids just
because of the characteristic of the
outside now understanding that all of
this all of this burl the bark has been
pressure washed off so that it exposes
the pin and the lace in between the pen
so if you were buying burl in bulk and
you are buying it with the bark on it is
harder to tell whether you have
inclusions or not but you still can tell
because of just the shape of the burles
if it has lobes that like this has lobes
on it if it has lobes you're more likely
to have barking Cluj ins if you just
have this one real continuous nice cap
there's a better chance to have no
inclusions for the most part this is
great a maple burl and expect to pay the
most for this type of burl I would say
good better best however if you are a
furniture maker this is good up here at
the top where you have the the cluster
log that can be made for pet
with each species you have different
characteristics maple burl you have
tighter ice the more inclusion e maple
burl you have more gnarly eyes there
it's just more aggressive in its growth
and more dangerous I mean it's just more
prickly like these these pen and valleys
are one inch where here you have
half-inch to eighth inch so tighter pen
tighter pen per square inch higher
quality more inclusion the bigger the
eyes that is not the case for other
species I mean it can be the case but
not necessarily like the walnut has
large eyes but no inclusions and as
always by your girls from ethical
harvesters thanks for watching the video
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