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Pin knots in osage

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osageknot316:
Eric Krewson thanks for the reply! I live in Windsor (across the river from Detroit) and I order my wood from Pine Hollow Longbows. The tiller on my bow looks pretty even and I removed wood slowly around the knots. Regardless I had a horizontal crack appear on a small pin knot and it only got bigger the more I bent the bow. I should also mention the knot was in a high stress part of the bow on the lower limb.

Hamish:
Did you leave extra width around the knot though?

Jim Davis:
Note that the wood fibers don't stop at a knot. They go around. leave those circumnavigating fibers alone and you'll have no trouble.

bassman211:
Yep .... you need to be careful around clustered pin knots. I have had splinters lift there, because I wasn't careful enough.

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