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fishfinder401:
i would, but this is the only wood i have right now, and with it being already seasoned now, i probably won't be able to wait, but i am going to take my time and make it perfect. i also have some yew that i am getting from a neighbor so, he had some massive overgrown yew hedges, on of which is starting to die so he is letting me take the whole thing, i haven't seen the specific bush, but my dad says i could make 5 or 6 bows out of it, but back to this stave, how would you recommend working around those 2 knots
btw how much would the postage have been for you, for me it was about 30$
thanks
noel
toomanyknots:
Hmm, didn't see those knots at first. Leave em proud. Well, I mean don't cut into em. Whatever you do don't violate the wood on them. If you have to use them in the bow, the best bet I would say is to remove the bark and leave em as is, as a kinda character bow. If you have enough room you could try to work around em? Probably don't do ya? If you could also, try to not have it work excessively there either. Probabaly shouldn't be that big of a problem with the length I would think if you do it right. Well anyway I have ZERO experience with yew, so I can't give you too much advice, but this is what I would do with any other wood? GOOD LUCK!
fishfinder401:
ok, iv'e made a decision with the knot, the really big one on the edge i will take out, and work around it, give it some character
dont worry though, im going to start shaping out the other side first, all im going to do today is make it more the shape of a bow, debark it
thanks
noel
fishfinder401:
i was just looking very closely at the wood, and while one end has normal growthring density, still a little higher than i was told, according to ym eyes, because of a band of EXTREMELY small growth rings, one part has 70rpi ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
ill try to take a picture, but im ot sure if they will show up
RyanY:
I'd still like to see that ash bow finished up.
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