Lyle, I used to make my own knives and, on a couple of occasions, I used bois d'arc for the handles. Beautiful wood. However I couldn't shape it with a carborundum stone on a grinder. It just scorched. I had to use a rasp. Never again.
Prior to the invention of barbed wire (bob wahr), it was planted closely on the edge of fields as a fence for livestock. Nothing got through it. I once read that the seeds were more expensive by weight than gold.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
| 
