Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Trading Post => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on March 12, 2012, 08:50:32 pm
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Im feeling the desire to make something unique. doesnt have to be the "best" of bow woods, but I am looking for something out of the ordinary that I havent used before. any ideas? got anything? fruit trees maybe if you have something you arent attached to, hit me up!
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I just cut some staves the other day... I have a persimmon, a redbud, and a black cherry or two. The persimmon and black cherry are pretty straight, the redbud has some character. These are four to six inch trees..... I can lay my hands on honeylocust, hackberry, hickory, ERC... anything that grows in Alabama, which is 'bout everything except yew.
I need sinew to finish an osage limb bow i am working on.
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thanks, I have all those except honey locust and red bud. hows that red bud do for bows? I might be intersted in H-L and\or a Redbud I actually havnt worked any B-locust in a looong while and also be looking For a nice B-Walnut with lotsa heartwood (I want an all heartwood bow)
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I have some long straight sassafrass, tried makin a warbow, ive seen it done but mine didnt work
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I have not made a redbud bow yet, but have heard that it is very hard wood and that it will make a bow. Another alabama bowyer on here told me that you need to chase a heart ring with redbud. It is on my list of bows to make.... I have a honeylocust log that is pipe straight.... about a 7 or 8 inch diameter tree that I could split with you.... Both appear to be beautiful wood. I have read that honey locust is one of the prettier woods to work with. This will also be a first time for me using hl as well.
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sassafrass has been on my list too mr Turner
and honey locust and red bud both interest me. let me know what you guys both want for your staves and I will see what I can do. pm me if you wish!
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Ever worked with buckthorn before? I have some of that. Here is a link to a bow I made from it a little while ago. http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,29263.0.html
Cody
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thanks Cody, I have a jim dandy buckthorn stave drying right now....probably is dry by now..its up in my Montana cabin...I'll be bringing it down in the spring!
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got some white birch, black ash.
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let me think on that a little bit. birch interests me...but Im not nuts over it yet...I'll have to see a birch bow that blows my mind to get me excited bout it..lol
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Am i picking ur brain right..are you thinking one of those laurel rhododendron staves i gave ya? That wood be sweet,either one wood be cool to see what ryan wood do with it,the double breasted knot one,or that awesome long skinny snake. I already made one bow from this lot ryan,so it does work.
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I have several mulberry staves that are definitely unique. they snake around a bit but i've made one absolutely fantastic longbow from one of them.
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I have a 35" mesquite stave, I guess it would be a nice little challenge to get a shortbow out of that.
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Is honey locust the tree with the gigantic thorns? I had to cut an old fallen over tree the other day to make room for an osage tree to fall that I had cut, and it was one of those tree with huge thorns all over it.
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sorry guys the thread went dead a while so i didnt check it.
toomanyknots- yup i'd be interested in it i think.. isn't honey locust the one without throns tho? i dont know much bout locust but i need both honey locust and black locust for my collection
A rhododendron stave would be cool blackhawk
and twightandmist I do need a new mulberry stave now as well.
if you guys are interest still, PM me and see what we come up with
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No Sir,
Honey Locust is the one With the Thorns...
Growing outa Everywhere.
:)
-gus
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shows how much I know bout locust..never seen one growing b4