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Offline Joec123able

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2016, 10:35:52 pm »
I would probably try it, but more for fun than anything. I doubt a willow bow would last long.
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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2016, 10:36:39 pm »
Yes, aspirin. Acetycalicylic acid.  Or something close to that.
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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2016, 12:12:19 am »
the bark of the white willow was used by the native americans... it was boiled to make a tea... cures aches and pains... headaches... etc...

now it is chemically made and called aspirin...
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Offline cadet

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2016, 05:19:23 am »
Make cricket bats with it.

Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #19 on: August 12, 2016, 08:44:14 am »
The Willow up here, sometimes called Diamond Willow, is short and stunted but it is a fairly strong wood and is stronger in tension than it is in compression.  I have wanted to try it for a few years, just didn't get around to it yet.  The chemical in the bark is called salicin and it breaks down into aspirin in the body
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Offline sleek

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2016, 09:17:25 am »
Maybe it will make a good backing material? Throw some intop of some hickory and see?
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Offline WillS

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2016, 09:26:39 am »
I've got a friend who's made willow bows up to 90lb which are still shooting.  Try it.  Become your own expert ;)

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« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2016, 09:57:20 am »
This type of thread has came and went so many times over the years. I always chuckle.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: willow... willow everywhere
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2016, 09:58:27 am »
I never made a bow from willow so I hesitate to comment. The picture of the bow I saw in TBB 1 (?) seemed long and was intentionally whip tillered.

I'd rather use a more common bow wood. It takes me over 30 hours to make a bow so I like to stack the odds in my favor.

Tim Baker says it is a non bow wood but  can make a bow under these conditions.

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/47641/List-of-Potenial-Bow-Wood-Species-With-Comments#.V63XUq4hjYc

I did go through a bow making stage where I voraciously went through new to me woods and some not so new to others but those days are gone.

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