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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Coo-wah-chobee on May 11, 2007, 05:15:30 pm
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............Ok, lets see how good you guys really are ;) THis was harvested in everglades. Dont have leaves but can see wood an barh piece. So whatta y'all think :P.......bob
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Uh, a thought, not stump. Hmm, ok what kinna tree was stump ;D..bob
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Aha! It's a trick question. That's vine maple and you actually live in the pacific northwest. I'm on to you now.
J. D. Duff
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Nah! It's Mellaluca Artinifolia (Tea Tree). I think! ;D
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Snakewood?
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does anyone wanna guess on stump ? ;D.......bob
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Is it some kind of maple...? ???
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Russian Olive? ???
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Like Hillbilly said,Snakewood.Very hard to find and rare.Hey,Bob,Been airboating?
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Is it native or exotic? ??? Good guess, D.Tiller. Lots of that stuff down there. Pat
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Stump looks like grapefruit
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Its native to Florida Pat. Only found in Big Cypress Swamp nowdays, way back in there ! ;) Is stump Russian olive or maple ? nope its not, any other guesses ? ::)..bob
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Yahoo-Eddie's right, stump is grapefruit, ruby red ;see an y'all thought Florida crackers were unedumacated, HA! ;D.bob
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If not grapefruit,Duncan, it's orange,probally pineapple orange ;D
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Is it in the "Audubon Field Guide to N A Trees"? ??? Pat
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Yes it is,oooold ones ;D.bob
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What about the stave?
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Osmanthus or Gordonia? ??? Pat
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I reckon that I saw you post somewhere that you were going way back in the swamp to hopefully find some snakewood, something about your cousin and a visit to family on a reservation comes to mind but I might be thinkin of some one else.
I think my memory is about 80% right so I will say snakewood staves
Blake
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Looks a bit like the pretty stave you sent me ,so I'll say guava.
Ralph
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Ok, guys !ha Steve, Eddie an Oak are correct. Its snakewood. Eddie was right been air boatin' on reservation. Yes, Oak that was me , guess I talk to much. LOL. Went to visit family last week and used cuz's airboat to get these that you see. Made one years ago and gave to cuz after a while. He still has it but I forgot to get a pic of it. Is 60" d-bow an 86lbs @ 26". Wood is Florida snakewood (Brosimum aubletti). A bit different than classic snakewood(Piratinera guianesis). It grows as a bush an tree(small), we call it Javelin tree or bush down here. Should see thorns, damm ! Very,very heavy but elastic. Makes great bows if u can find a long enough piece. SG is somewhere around 1.35 when dry. Its in Muraceae(mulberry) family. Eddie's correct, its rare and hard to find. Found these way back in BIg CYpress Swamp. H.Hill made one an talks of it in his books, 110 lbs an 70' long if memory serves me. Didn't really expect most folks to know it since its so rare an only grows down here to my knowledge. Ok Eddie knew that I was gonna get some, and Oak read a post I put up about gettin some and "The Arborist" guessed correctly. You guys are pretty good , all of ya. Some folks also call it leopardwood or letterwood. Gotta another piece of sometin' I'll put up later, but I'll give some clues as to what it is this time ;D.......bob
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Hill bow was 70" long not 70'.LOL....bob
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dang bob that was down right educational ;)
I didn't have a clue ya could say I was stumped :D
DanaM
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Florida ash or sumac
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"Florida Crackers" :D Nice score Bob!
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And them NDN's wouldnt have known about Snakewood fer bows,if it werewnt fer Howard Hill.Least thats what i was told,on another site,by a know it all.LOL
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eastern red cedar!!! ;D
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman....;D
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Dang.....and I was going to guess....Pussy Willow...... >:D
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I'm with Hillbilly - sheeze ::).
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman....;D
Hahaha! Dang like 3 years later almost. Y'all are sure 'nuff swift ! ;D... Hey, Traxx..ya better listen ta them know-it-alls cause ya know them ndn's dont know nuttin' anyhoo ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Bob, I thought you started it back up again but I didn't remember replying to this one. ??? ::) ;D
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Bob, your still alive... Where've ya been ;D?
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The Florida snakewood Howard Hill reported to have used isn't any of the woods mentioned here. I have researched it thoroughly and have an article on the subject scheduled for an issue of Traditional Bowhunter Magazine later next year.
Cliff Huntington