Weird wood

[SS396driver]

Never seen this in wood before. Almost threw it in the fire . Split of hickory I’m going to keep it for what I don’t know yet but I’ll make something with it

 

[farmer steve]

I've seen that before in a few different types of wood. Mostly in trees that were dead. I thinks young heartwood.

 

[panolo]

Cool! I had a similar one with a box elder log earlier this year. I burnt mine though

 

[Ash_403]

I've run across that also, from time to time. Usually it's a soft maple (Red or Silver Maple around here).

 

[FlyingDutchman]

Excalibur!

 

[rancher2]

I see that once in a while in hedge {Osage Orange} around here.

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

I've seen it too. I think there is an official name for it, but I can't remember it at the moment.

 

[Del_]

Ring shake.

https://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/What_Causes_Ring_Shake.html

 

[bbxlr8]

I've seen that occasionally here in PA also - Nice article and thanks for posting.
Never knew it had a name...

 

[panolo]

Box elder split yesterday.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I've seen that a few times too, always thought it was really cool and different! Like a mini baseball bat lol!

 

[svk]

Aspen will do that frequently if you split it green.

 

[sevensandeights]

I've seen it in basswood.