pyrokid Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I use a family heirloom hybrid of willow, plum, eastern cedar, and alder. Golf ball tests show that it is similar to willow, but I feel that it is a little bit faster. Good luck finding it, as I have the only grove of it on my property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindsight Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Anyone interested in the manufacture of ricin from castor beans (or the production of anthrax spores, or botulinum toxin) please contact my associate, Mr. Aleksander Bortnikov, at the following address: Federal Security Service (ФСБ) Lubyanka Square Moscow, Russia 119169 Or call 8 (495)696-71-71 They will be happy to come to you to discuss it. Edited March 31, 2014 by hindsight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessalco Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 At the risk of stating the obvious, two of the plants mentioned in this thread bear a bit of caution. Species identification of sumac is important, since "poison sumac" can cause a severe contact allergic skin reaction and, if burned for charcoal, the inhaled smoke can result in lung injury. Absolutely correct. The sumac I used was Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina). When burned, all of the rhus have smoke that ranges from merely irritating to toxic. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindsight Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Lesson learned from this thread: Strike Mimosa hostilis and Sumac from the list of charcoals to put in your hookah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanluthiers Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Be careful... I read on CNN that a college student was arrested for making ricin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) OP, I tried pistachio shells a few months back (just for shits and giggles) the charcoal/powder wasn't worth the effort (to ashy) but I got a lot of enjoyment out of referring to the experiments as Pistoichiometrics B-) Edited April 3, 2014 by Wolverine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx88 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 I'm not sure who mentioned anything about making poisons and drugs in this thread, I know I didn't. But if thats what makes a mimosa tree bad then yah, forget that, let the hummingbirds have em. Good heads up on that whole poison thing, don't need any of that for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I'm not sure who mentioned anything about making poisons and drugs in this thread, I know I didn't. But if thats what makes a mimosa tree bad then yah, forget that, let the hummingbirds have em. Good heads up on that whole poison thing, don't need any of that for sure.It stemmed from soras links, esp the castor plant, if you don't know how that applies reference the 1st 10 words of post #27 and or ask Walter White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaMtnBkr Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I use a family heirloom hybrid of willow, plum, eastern cedar, and alder. Golf ball tests show that it is similar to willow, but I feel that it is a little bit faster. Good luck finding it, as I have the only grove of it on my property.Was this supposed to be a joke? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrokid Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Yeah. Just poking a bit of fun, since every charcoal I've ever made has made hot BP. This includes mystery twigs from many different trees collected from the ground in northern Wisconsin, bark, dirt and all. Edited April 3, 2014 by pyrokid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaMtnBkr Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Gotcha. Cause that tree wouldn't grow. Yeah, most charcoal I have made from stuff in the yard will make BP as hot as Goex when milled for three hours in a good ball mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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