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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bootboy on May 27, 2010, 01:15:36 am

Title: just thought i would share something
Post by: bootboy on May 27, 2010, 01:15:36 am

i just thought to left you all know  I FREAKING LOVE BLACK LOCUST!!! AHHHH!!

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: AncientArcher76 on May 27, 2010, 01:50:37 am

Thats quite an interesting thread...sometimes it works and sometimes it dont!...SO why do u like BL?  My favorite wood is tiger /Curly maple and Birdseye maple but probably not a good choice for a bow!  I once got to saw a giant piece of Mahogony it was quartered and was still almost 8' thick but that was some real nice wood too! 

Russ

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: bootboy on May 28, 2010, 03:06:26 am

how can I NOT love it. It works so well, its so dense it sounds like glass if you tap on it. You can do rediculous bows with it. its a challenge to make a straight clean function bow from it cause its usually twisted, the smell is awesome. It doesnt rot, so you can just leave it outside until you're ready to make it into a bow blah blah blah a million and one reasons!!

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: Hillbilly on May 28, 2010, 10:12:56 am

Locust is good wood. It was generally the first choice of most Southeastern tribes for bow wood in areas where osage didn't grow.

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: jeff halfrack on May 28, 2010, 11:21:48 am

I love it  too!  I try  to  get  as  much done as  possible when  green,  cause  it gets  tough to  work  dry!!  I  have  a  bunch  of  it  JEFF W

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: El Destructo on May 28, 2010, 12:29:33 pm

And I just tossed 20 Staves...because they sat out all Winter...and I was worried about mold or fungus getting them.... :-[

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: aero86 on May 28, 2010, 01:44:35 pm

well, if you guys have so much, send me a piece!

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 28, 2010, 09:28:57 pm

Good stuff! Oh no, El! You know they make fence posts out of BL. Yo can pull a piece out of the ground and make a bow from it. :) Jawge

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: bootboy on May 28, 2010, 10:23:00 pm

yea black locust almost doesnt rot. Like a 20 year old fence post can make a bow

Title: Re: just thought i would share something
Post by: Lombard on May 28, 2010, 11:03:34 pm

So many bow woods, but so little time.  :(