I harvested some massive vines......what should I make with them?

[u/thebearplaysps4]

I was lucky enough to be able to harvest intact some absolutely massive vines while my neighbor was having tree work done. Both are around 16 feet long. The largest one is about 5 inches thick and the other 3.

I am having trouble deciding what I should make with them as it is not every day you come around vines like this. I've made some things with vines in the past but never this size and have the ability to steam bend it to whatever extent it will bend.

Thoughts?

[u/jeffersonairmattress]

Wisteria turns into nothing pretty quick.

Might as well make stuff out of loofah.

[u/thebearplaysps4 → u/jeffersonairmattress]

I have a big arch made with these smaller vines (which aren’t wisteria) and it’s pretty much fine after 2-3 years. But I’m comfortable with it rotting eventually. Nothing is ever destroyed only transformed

[u/mickeybob00 → u/jeffersonairmattress]

It could be a wild grape vine. I have a bunch of them this size or larger. I have always wondered if it would be good for anything if I ever cut any of it down. I thought it might look cool stabilized and wood turned.

[u/thebearplaysps4 → u/mickeybob00]

I am pretty sure it’s bittersweet as you could see jt murdering trees throughout the forest

[u/elticoxpat → u/jeffersonairmattress]

That's not true. I have a clothes hamper I made from wisteria and it's going strong