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Title: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 05, 2019, 05:18:29 pm
 This is the second Pacific Nine Bark bow I've made. The first was just a stick. This one I finished. Nine Bark is very pretty wood. Looks like Yew and so far behaves like it too. This one is a little on the small diameter side so the sapwood/heartwood line doesn't show on the side except at the tips. Sapwood is about 3/16-14" on every piece I've seen. Hard to find a straight piece so this is spliced. Next bow will be from a larger diameter and will show off the wood better. SG is about .9. I wasn't sure about the wood so I decided to make it a little longer and somehow I ended up with a 71" NTN bow. 42#@28". 171 fps at 10gpp so considering the extra length it's packing I think the wood hold promise.
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Post by: DC on October 05, 2019, 05:20:33 pm
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Post by: Parnell on October 05, 2019, 06:35:29 pm
That's really cool, DC!  Looks great and very interesting to see something new.
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on October 05, 2019, 07:10:19 pm
Awesome Don.  (-S Never even heard of that wood.  It sure is purdy, and the bend is even purdier.  :D
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 05, 2019, 07:25:24 pm
Thanks guys h  p://nativeplantspnw.com/pacific-ninebark-physocarpus-capitatus/ will get you a look at it. It bends pretty easily too.
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Post by: IrishJay on October 05, 2019, 07:29:06 pm
Another nice job DC.
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Post by: Woodely on October 05, 2019, 08:34:41 pm
Looks all right,  hopefully the handle wont pop off.   What is ninebark some sort of shrub..?
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 05, 2019, 09:10:35 pm
Look at the link. You've probably got some growing near your place.
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: IrishJay on October 05, 2019, 09:22:02 pm
DC part of the url got cut off in your link. So here it is for anyone having trouble with it.

http://nativeplantspnw.com/pacific-ninebark-physocarpus-capitatus/
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: wizardgoat on October 05, 2019, 11:15:03 pm
Nice looking bow Don!  I really like the wood too, plenty of big pieces around the campground  ;)
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 05, 2019, 11:38:03 pm
I saw a few ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: helmet on October 05, 2019, 11:49:56 pm
Cool I have seen that around here , I will look a bit closer from now on and maybe get some.
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Post by: bjrogg on October 06, 2019, 07:24:38 am
Bow look great DC. And looks like a interesting wood too.
Bjrogg
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Post by: bassman on October 06, 2019, 09:02:27 am
Nice, Good speed.
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Post by: Bayou Ben on October 06, 2019, 11:12:58 am
Very nice DC.  I like your style of R/D a lot.  I bet this bow is very smooth to draw and fun to shoot.
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 06, 2019, 11:28:39 am
Thanks for the comments guys. I was actually surprised how smooth it was. With the extra length I was expecting it to have some thump. When i originally wanted it to be a little longer I was thinking maybe 68-69". Had a bit of brain fade I guess and wound up with 71". I'm toying with piking it a couple of inches and redoing the recurves but i probably won't.
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Post by: PaSteve on October 06, 2019, 11:47:33 am
Nice bow D C. Like Ben said, your r/d style is quite impressive. Another well done bow.
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: leonwood on October 07, 2019, 08:07:29 am
That's a real nice bow, don't you love it when they draw so smooth! At 171fps I would not pike it!
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: Josh B on October 07, 2019, 08:31:30 am
That wood is a new one on me as well.  It is a beauty for sure!
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 07, 2019, 09:57:51 am
Thanks guys. A google search told me that there is an Eastern species of Ninebark
h  p://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=308 but it seems a little small.
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: Bryce on October 07, 2019, 09:57:42 pm
Very nice work drawing that one out Don. I dig it. Gotta love those bushy hardwoods we got. I’ve been after some nine bark for a few years never seem to run across any. Can’t wait to see the next one bud. 👍🏼👍🏼


Bryce
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 08, 2019, 08:21:39 am
Marsh margins and stream banks are where to look. It seems to come in thickets. There'll be a hundred yards of the stuff on a stream bank and then nothing.
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Post by: ohma2 on October 08, 2019, 10:22:23 am
Beautiful  bow DC you are always pushing the bar and doing it with tallent.
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Post by: burtonridr on October 08, 2019, 10:35:36 am
Nice bow DC!! Good to know that there is other types of bow wood here in the PNW that makes a beautiful bow. :OK
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: DC on October 08, 2019, 12:10:01 pm
Thanks guys. It does make you wonder how many little used bow woods there are out there. I say little used because Pojar and Mackinnon say the Nuu-chah-nulth people made children's bows from it. Funny just children's bows.
Title: Re: Pacific Nine Bark 42#@28"
Post by: willie on October 08, 2019, 05:53:31 pm
Quote from: Bayou Ben on October 06, 2019, 11:12:58 am
Very nice DC.  I like your style of R/D a lot.  I bet this bow is very smooth to draw and fun to shoot.

X2,  :)