What tree grows 90 degree limbs?

[blkcloud]

I remember seeing a wooden mallet made from a tree limb about 6 inches in diameter, the handle was the branch that grew off the limb.. it was perfectly 90 degrees just like a hammer you would have put a handle in.. the guy told me what type of tree it came from but I can't remember.. he said it was the only tree that grew 90 degree limbs..??

 

[Waltzie]

Pin oak?

 

[motolife313]

I'm thinking this is pin oak. Has a few that aren't 90 but most are.

 

[djones]

Pin oak?

Try Ash.

 

[J.W Younger]

I remember seeing a wooden mallet made from a tree limb about 6 inches in diameter, the handle was the branch that grew off the limb.. it was perfectly 90 degrees just like a hammer you would have put a handle in.. the guy told me what type of tree it came from but I can't remember.. he said it was the only tree that grew 90 degree limbs..??

Black gum grows with limbs like that. The things are impossible to split too so would make a good hammer cept that they ain't very heavy when dry.

 

[BusyBeaver]

Yeah, I was going to say black gum. Very tough tree, 90 deg limbs. They used to make wagon wheel hubs out of black gum, will not split.
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[unclemoustache]

White pine (and many other conifers) but they wouldn't be good for a hammer.

And pretty much any tree has the potential for a 90 degree limb.

 

[J.W Younger]

Yeah, I was going to say black gum. Very tough tree, 90 deg limbs. They used to make wagon wheel hubs out of black gum, will not split.
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They make good splitting blocks.

 

[Marine5068]

Most Oaks I see have lots of huge 90* limbs growing out far reaching.
I have one needs to be cut off from one of my Red Oaks on my property out back.

 

[greengreer]

Black gum most likely, I've heard a few old timers talk about using them for hammers