Anyway, I was working the edges and as I reached the center, I pulled the handle on the splitter and as the wood split, I noticed this funny looking thing sticking out of the wood. I said to myself, "this is weird, I'll check it out later".
So...After cleaning up and putting away the splitter, I showed the chunk of wood to my wife, and asked,"what in the tarnation is this?".
Then my daughter, "the world's most smartest person", was stumped. So...........I ask the combined knowledge of the board.....yea, Griff, that includes you........what in the tarnation is this?
My daughter thinks it's horse hair, but......the "hair" is black with some white. There is no barbed wire in the wood......this "hair" is encapsulated in what appears to be the texture of......a bent chicken bone.........look.....I play a lot here....but for real......a dang chicken bone.....but I'm sure it's not.
You can see in the picture that as I was cutting the wood, I did a good job of not screwing it up and you can see where the wood grew around this "encapsulated horse hair in a chicken bone".
My somewhat educated guess is that whatever it is, has been in the wood for the better part of the tree's life as it was located near the center.
For real guys, I'm not playing ......the pictures tell it.....and I'm glad I took pics from the beginning.
Any educated guesses? ------6
The first pic of the wood as I saw it from the splitter.
![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/image3286.jpg)
After a lot of sawing using the table saw and band saw......you can see where I nipped the "bone" towards the bottom.
![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/image3287.jpg)
Here's a pic of where I am almost ready to pry it out.
![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/image3289.jpg)
The finished product.....out of the wood...notice where the wood grew around it?
![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/image3290.jpg)