Interesting blog post about yew toxicity
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Bodrighy
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A lot of woods are toxic. It seems though that not everyone is sensitive to every wood. Yew and Iroko are not allowed to be turned at our club as there are members who are most definitely affected adversely by them. My personal opinion, though I am not personally affected by any woods I have turned (yet) is better safe than sorry. Our world is full of things that are potentially dangerous and if we banned all of them there wouldn't be much left in it. I would use yew for a fruit bowl but most certainly not for a salad bowl or a drinking vessel.
Pete
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Richard Findley
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Hi Duncan,
That is an interesting article. Well written and thought out and once again inconclusive!!! D'oh!!
I think Andy (the author) should put himself up as a Guinea Pig and continue drinking from his (very nicely made) mug (need to rack my brains and work out how that was made....) until he either proves it's safe or.... well... you know the other option
:wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:
I think the problem here is that if we look closely at almost everything there is probably some degree of toxicity (sp?) in it. Tannin is in so many products including a wide range of alcoholic products that we're either all doomed (Mr Manwarring!!) or it's all a lot of fuss over nothing! If Oak is to be worried about we'd better stop drinking Whiskey, Wine, Sherry, Port...... all of which age in Oak barrels.
I too will keep my eye on this thread as I find the subject fascinating!
Cheers,
Richard
That is an interesting article. Well written and thought out and once again inconclusive!!! D'oh!!
I think Andy (the author) should put himself up as a Guinea Pig and continue drinking from his (very nicely made) mug (need to rack my brains and work out how that was made....) until he either proves it's safe or.... well... you know the other option
:wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: I think the problem here is that if we look closely at almost everything there is probably some degree of toxicity (sp?) in it. Tannin is in so many products including a wide range of alcoholic products that we're either all doomed (Mr Manwarring!!) or it's all a lot of fuss over nothing! If Oak is to be worried about we'd better stop drinking Whiskey, Wine, Sherry, Port...... all of which age in Oak barrels.
I too will keep my eye on this thread as I find the subject fascinating!
Cheers,
Richard
Richard Findley
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Sorry OW,
My apologies!! I knew the difference between Whiskey and Whisky but I thought it was the other way round!!! Of course I mean your finest Scotch!!!! :roll: :wink:
Richard
My apologies!!
I knew the difference between Whiskey and Whisky but I thought it was the other way round!!! Of course I mean your finest Scotch!!!! :roll: :wink: Richard
It was just a bit too much of a gift, wasn't it !!
My apologies for going OT !!
It's interesting to look at the word Scotch as it was the word that described the Scottish people at one stage in the English language, and still is in the US - and correspondingly their word for whisky from Scotland. For reasons that I'm not aware of, those that live in Scotland and want to differentiate themselves from being British, now refer to themselves as Scots.
OW
My apologies for going OT !!
It's interesting to look at the word Scotch as it was the word that described the Scottish people at one stage in the English language, and still is in the US - and correspondingly their word for whisky from Scotland. For reasons that I'm not aware of, those that live in Scotland and want to differentiate themselves from being British, now refer to themselves as Scots.
OW
