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Mystery Wood 2
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: Kowechobe on May 20, 2007, 10:30:27 pm ---..................................... I think Justin's idea to have the winner supply the next month's bow wood for identification is a good one.
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I would love to take credit for that one Bob, but that was Blake. I think you give a couple of days and if nobody gets it right, you post pictures of the foliage, or tell a little bit more about the fruit. I like the one guess per day idea. Justin
jpitts:
I love the idea.....to add to what Justin said, maybe after a couple of days show the fruit or flower....
Pat B:
I think we ought to take this opportunity to experiment with different woods. We know that osage, red oak, hickory, etc will make a bow. There are lots of other woods out there that we ain't tried yet and a simple bendy handle bow is the perfect design to experiment with. If you pick a wood, you should at least believe it will make a bow from its characteristics and habits.
I think arrow woods also. You will have to tell if the wood has to be split or whether shoots can be used.
Its good to see that others are interested in learning about different trees and shrubs that can be used in archery. This will get us all closer to true primitive archery...using the materials that are available to us. I'm looking forward to this. My brain is already searching. ??? ??? ;) Pat
Coo-wah-chobee:
Sorry Blake, thx Justin fer settin' me straight. ;D We are gettin closer to a arrangement here, so lets all go the extra mile. So bow woods that are not commonly used, arrow shoots or splits. What 'bout wood that can make decent atlatals and darts ? Same fer spears ? Do we want to see both made and shown on forum ? How 'bout one guess per day ? What if no one guesses correctly on that wood that month ? Who does next months wood id ? My feelin' is that we dont wanna show leaves or fruit ,takin' advantage of Pat's practice of only lookin' at tree bark up 4' or so. If'n its too easy we dont have to think or research. I dont think object of this is to get wood fer a bow, rather to learn more. Do u foks feel the same ?.............................bob
Coo-wah-chobee:
Thought I would show y'all the sour orange hacked down with hachet and rasped to 2" x 1 1/2" thick with glued ends and ready to dry now fer some months in a/c. Brought it down to 57", check out natural reflex ! ;D, Btw where are we on this monthly mystery wood thing ?.....bob
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