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2025 Junior Bow Trade
stuckinthemud:
Ok, so I’m still waiting for a couple of specs to be sent to me, but in the meantime, let’s see your staves/ get some chat started. We’ve all done this before, so same rules as last year. Please post regular updates, my stress levels go through the roof if people disappear….Everyone ships at the same time, addresses will be sent out when everyone is ready. We are really relaxed about shipping, when everyone is happy, that is when we ship- could be June, could be November, no pressure, everyone has fun. Having fun is the important bit. The more people post, the more everyone viewing gets to learn - did you see how many viewed last year? It was a LOT. It is a great opportunity for even experienced builders to try something new and get comments from the PA community, so please be vocal everyone. Anyone with technical issues can email stuff to me and I will post on their behalf.
paulc:
I pulled a piece of hackberry I've had in rafters for years...kinda sketchy but might work. I'm thinking I'll need to back it w something(rawhide) as insurance. Stave is currently 66" tip to tip, a tad under 1.5" wide.
Any suggestions on finding rawhide? Done only a little reading and sounds like dog chews are out.
Paul
Aaron1726:
Paul I got some from 3 rivers a couple years ago and it was pretty good stuff. I've read that theirs is goat rawhide. It was pretty thin especially compared to what you get from the dog chews.
Not sure if other places carry goat rawhide too, but might be something to google search and see.
Mafort:
Thinking I’m gunna try my first bout with yew wood. Been building bows for 15 years but I’ve never touched yew wood. Any help?
stuckinthemud:
How thick is the sapwood, and, how much character is there?
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