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Gus:
I hear ya Bo.
Man, a pine molly... That sounds like a tough design for a pine bow.
Do you have it shooting?
Not to far along yet myself.
Have one Osage bow shooting but not finished.
Two more Osage bows ready to tiller, mostly.
A Pecan sapling Longbow that is getting close to tillering.
Been spending a lot of time gathering materials and building tools for use in bow making.
Along with trying to learn to knapp and build arrows.
-gus
Bohunter0908:
Its getting close I did actually shoot it today but its not really ready
It has a crack in the back so I backed it with a cotton shirt
It helped some but it still needs some tillering one limb is still
a lil stiff. My next attempt is gonna be a elm stave I have roughed out
and curing.may attempt another board bow in a pyramid style.
Bohunter0908:
Ok well bow #1 didnt make it :'(
But that gives me reason to start another one
it was good learning expierience
Gus:
Yes Sir Bo,
Sorry you lost your Pine Molly.
From what I have read, pine can be made into a bow.
But you have to go Very Long, Very Wide, and Very Light in draw weight.
If you are board bow building I would recommend an Oak board.
Or Hickory/Pecan if you have access to it.
I've also read that the Molly design is a tougher to tiller owing to the flat uniform cross section of the bending sections of your limbs.
Have you considered a longbow or flatbow design?
-gus
Bohunter0908:
Yeah Gus my next board will be a pyramid style and most likely
Oak although I do have acess to pecan and some other
Nice stuff
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