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Hello from the Texas Hill Country, Bandera

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Sasquatch:
Welcome. I live in college station and have a ranch in Texas Hill county Concan.  I have looked into chinaberry trees before. In my opinion not good bow wood other than being straight.  You should back it with something.  You should look at the last bow in my recent post "three bows all skinned" it is made from hill country cedar.  That's right that tree is actuall good for something.  Search hard and find a straight piece ,no limbs, or twist.  This will be your hardest part.  Pm me with questions I'll help ya get started, just cause you live in the prettiest place in Texas.

Pappy:
Welcome, enjoy the ride. :)
 Pappy

Redhawke:
Thanks everyone. Sasquatch I have to agree, we have lived here almost ten years now and love it. I cut the Chinaberry mostly as an experimental stave, to kinda get my feet wet.  I do have one cedar on our place that appears to be straight and do intend to cut and split it at some point. Laid up at the moment, just had wrist surgery but once I'm healed and able to handle my chainsaw again I will cut it. Do you recommend cutting, peeling and splitting all at once on the cedar or should I wait a while to peel and split ? Most of our small place is cleared so not a lot of wood to choose from for me. I also have a few Hackberry trees along the fence lines. I really appreciate your help and will definitely be PMing questions along the way. Thanks Pappy, I think this ride has been long in coming but seems to be shaping up to be a lot of fun and of course a great learning experience.

Thunder:
Welcome to PA Redhawke!

Cheers
Thunder

Redhawke:
Thanks Thunder

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