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recurve shooter:
hi. i think i jist found some wild rose.  ;D it is a long brier/thorn/horibly painfull vine that starts on the ground and climbs upward, through the trees and stuff. i got some about a half inch to an inch at the bottom and am wondering how i  am suposed to turn these meat grindrs into arras. i guess you jist do like shoot shafts, only with leather gloves huh?

Pat B:
The thorns should come off pretty easy by rubbing them with the leather gloves. Then I would bundle the shoots you have and give them at least a few weeks to dry...a month would be better. Then scrape the bark and straighten them like other shoots.     Pat

recurve shooter:
cool. got to get em to my workshop. (aka grandpa's house)this weekend. they are tough little vines/sprouts/shoots/briers whatevet they are. so they should make awsome arras. i'll let yall know how they come out. i've got stuff going smoothly  now. i'll put those up to dry this weekend and get down my sourwood and streighten and fletch them up, and by the time they all break i should be able to start on these. i like this.  ;D

Pat B:
If they are briers they may not make good arrows. Try one and see. Wrap the nock well so it doesn't split!  :o    Pat

recurve shooter:
no, they aint briers, they are like a hardwood vine with lots of thorns on it. they are HARD. trust me. i had to cut em down with a kitchin knife.  ;D

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