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Faux bow trade 2022
Black Moshannon:
Alright I'll post my next build here. Its a white oak stave destined to be a 50# 64" D bow. This is going to be an attempt at a more survival style build in the sense that I'm going to work the stave from wet to finished without letting the stave dry as a large chunk of wood. I probably cut this stave a month and a half ago and I cut it down to floor tiller size and let it dry in a form to induce a little over 2" of reflex. Now its still seeming to be pretty wet, and surprisingly flexible and limber. It literally feels like a wet noodle, even though the moisture meter was reading from 10 to 14 percent. Maybe its a lot wetter inside and maybe white oak really stiffens up when it hits a lower moisture content. I can feel by hand that the wood is still too wet. Im going to keep slowly reducing and floor tillering while it dries. The wood comes off real easy right now.
Russ:
Aight, im in! i got either a persimmon stave to work with or a blank that i cant remember what the wood is!
Russ:
Marking out all the high spots I feel,
Russ:
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Allyn T:
Good deal deerhunter. I have a hickory bow already roughed out for me(it's been chilling in my living room for many months.) I was recently gifted a hackberry stave so to pay it forward I'm gonna make it into a bow for a friend that has been providing me with turkey feathers recently.
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