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Stave sources drying up
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: bownarra on August 02, 2022, 02:01:45 am ---Think yourself lucky...getting osage here in the UK is no longer worth it. If you are just making bows for yourself fair enough....to get a stave here is best part of £150. Then is it going to be any good???
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Yeah, there is that one stave dealer in Hungary that has loads of it, but you are too far to drive over in the evening after work and pick through his pile. Though I have heard his quality is pretty good.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: PaulN/KS on August 01, 2022, 04:26:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on August 01, 2022, 01:00:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on July 31, 2022, 09:53:57 am ---Driving to Mojam would be your best bet for picking up a lot of staves, of course you will have to wait until next year now.
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I was told not a single stave dealer was at Mojam this year. The person stated that they thought the gas prices kept them away.
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There may not have been any "dealers" but there were plenty of guys,myself included, who had staves for sale. if Ojam happens next March there should be some guys selling staves there.
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I am gonna keep OJAM on my radar, but that is getting to be a VERY long drive.
Flntknp17:
This is what drove me to start working mostly on bamboo backed bows several years ago.....I can run down to the local sawmill or hardwood lumber store and find excellent hickory or hard maple for maybe $8 per bow stave or so. I know it isn't quite as "cool" as osage staves, but it keeps me making durable bows for small $$
bownarra:
Yes ipe boards will be available for a while yet :)
BBI will make any bow.
bambule:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on August 02, 2022, 02:24:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: bownarra on August 02, 2022, 02:01:45 am ---Think yourself lucky...getting osage here in the UK is no longer worth it. If you are just making bows for yourself fair enough....to get a stave here is best part of £150. Then is it going to be any good???
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Yeah, there is that one stave dealer in Hungary that has loads of it, but you are too far to drive over in the evening after work and pick through his pile. Though I have heard his quality is pretty good.
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I´ve bought from that hungarian dealer some years ago - we bought a 1/4 truckload of staves with some friends - costs have been ~ 80 ,-€ per Stave an you could get 2 bows from one stave in most cases. One of our best professional Bowyers here in Germany gets his stuff from the hungarian source. It`s up to premium quality - even the normal once are pretty good.
But I´m not longer interessed in paying a lot of money for staves when I can get other wood for free or less money. I try to get the best out of the wood and I use methods like firehardening to get better wood. That work fine for me even that I know that Osage is fantastic stuff for wooden bows and as I always say: Osage likes to bend :-)
Greetz
Cord
PS: sorry for hijacking this thread
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