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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushman on December 04, 2009, 01:07:55 am

Title: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: bushman on December 04, 2009, 01:07:55 am

Has anyone ever tried to make a bow from Rosehip or any other type wood in the rose family? I seen some rosehips that where more like a tree, about 15 feet tall and about inch and a half in diameter at the base.
Bushman

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: Pat B on December 04, 2009, 02:26:13 am

I don't know what you are calling "rosehip". ???   I would say that if you found a rose shoot(any rose shoot) big enough for a bow it would probably make a good bow. At least I would give it a try. Probably anything over an inch diameter would work fine for a bow.

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: M-P on December 04, 2009, 02:57:50 am

I thought rose hips were the fruit of rose bushes?  Fifteen foot tall roses sound impressive.  I've never heard of a bow made from a rose, but like Pat said it should work.   Ron

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: jturner on December 04, 2009, 03:05:20 am

Havent tried it. Yet. I cut some that were 2 plus inches thick. I dipped the ends of some in parafin they didnt split the ones i didnt dip all split right in two. I just have been too busy to do anything with it they have been cut for a couple years now and when dry they wheigh almost nothing.

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 04, 2009, 11:00:04 am

No but wild rose makes great arrows. :) Jawge

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: markinengland on December 05, 2009, 08:03:19 am

I've got a piece dry and ready to try but it's still in the unfinished bow pile.

It worked fine for greenstick bows when I was a boy.

Mark in England

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: dragonman on December 05, 2009, 02:44:10 pm

I heard they used to use  it for pipe bowls because of its hardness and its very flexible , so  its looks very optimistic to me

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: bushman on December 07, 2009, 02:48:03 am

Hey Pat B and M-P I guess the rose hips are the fruit of a rose bush, we always just called the wild roses that grow around my place rose hips. So I guess I should have said wild rose. The roses that I saw that looked like small trees are on private property near a hot spring so I guess it grow like that from all the minerals in the water. Sadly I don’t think the land owner would let me cut one of the roses down to try and make a bow out of it.

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: dragonman on December 07, 2009, 07:02:26 am

go in under cover of darkness with a small but sharp folding saw ,roses grow better when they are pruned >:D

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: OldBow on December 07, 2009, 01:36:48 pm

Absolutely! Hawthorn, serviceberry, chokecherry, ocean spray are all in the rose family (Roseaceae) and will make good bows.

Title: Re: Rosehip/Rose
Post by: bcbull on December 07, 2009, 02:16:29 pm

sombodu  just posted a bow  make from rose cant rember who anybody ?  think it was in the last month  brock