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Originally Posted by Attila
Hi Mike,
What do you think about carving out a V-ish shaped wedge from the left side of the nebari (one arm of the V would be the continuation of the left trunk line)?
Wouldn't that make the buldge from the base disappear?
Great tree,
Attila
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Hi Attila
Questions about "the battle of the bulge" often arise concerning these Ponderosas collected from the Rocky Mountains. When considered in the classic pine sense, it's all wrong. But, this is how they grow in pockets, on ledges, at high altitude, and probably buried in snow 9 months out of the year.
I feel that to change it to any significant degree would be to deny its origin.
The carving that I did was to amplify the feeling of age by creating the look of rot in the trunk.
Mike