Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: jakeas on November 03, 2012, 08:29:43 pm
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finaly found a stave to start working on. where and how, i will keep to my self. O.o . anyway i have found a 6' long yew sapling with 15 large growth rings. there is no easy definition between heart wood and sap wood. it has a few knots in it but nothing major. i will post pictures up shortly.
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Just my opinion of course, but you would have done much better to leave the sapling to grow to maturity >:( for your kids kids. (or even tend it for 30-40 years for yourself!)
I don't s'pose there will be any heartwood in a sapling that size.
If you want a small diameter bit then take a branch from an older tree.
I just cut a bit from a local churchyard (with permission and a donation to the church) I can touch finger to thumb round the branch at it's centre, and it's nearly all heartwood with a thin ring of sapwood around it.
I hope you are not in the UK, as we need all our Yew saplings ;D
Del