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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: wapiti1997 on January 20, 2013, 04:01:45 pm

Title: Staves
Post by: wapiti1997 on January 20, 2013, 04:01:45 pm

Well, I've collected more staves for future work. I now have over 30 osage staves and 8 mulberry staves, nice and straight and knot free. I have 4 nice black walnut staves, and today I cut a cedar, got 3 - 6'+ "logs" pretty much knot free..

(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee423/joelacefield/0120131248.jpg)

(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee423/joelacefield/0120131250.jpg)

(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee423/joelacefield/0120131300.jpg)

I can get wood, now if I can learn to make a bow... :)

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: blackhawk on January 20, 2013, 04:07:55 pm

Now that smells good  ;)

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: nativenoobowyer86 on January 20, 2013, 04:42:44 pm

Jealous! :D

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: osage outlaw on January 20, 2013, 04:48:35 pm

You are doing the right thing.  Stock up on wood and while its drying you can read the TBB's, The Bent Stick, Hunting the Osage Bow, and go back through the archives of this site.  You can get the video Rattlestick Bows by Gary Davis.  There are quite a few videos on youtube that would help you out also.  And before you know it you will have a pile of dry staves ready to be turned in to bows.

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: KShip85 on January 20, 2013, 11:32:56 pm

Man that's some pretty cedar :)

Kip

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: Badly Bent on January 20, 2013, 11:56:00 pm

I can make bows but I'm almost out of staves, wish you were my neighbor cause we could put a dent in that pile of wood you got. ;) :) :) :)

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: Josh B on January 21, 2013, 12:20:34 am

Nice haul!  That's some fine looking erc!  Josh

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: Newindian on January 21, 2013, 01:38:57 am

ERC is so much prettier than the local variety  :'(

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: Hrothgar on January 21, 2013, 08:37:11 am

Nice looking staves, the smell of erc makes it worth the cutting!

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: simson on January 21, 2013, 11:44:25 am

Great find!!
wish I have some ERC

Simon

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 22, 2013, 12:38:02 am

I'm raging with envy!  congrats on the haul!

Title: Re: Staves
Post by: Carson (CMB) on January 22, 2013, 01:31:06 am

Those look really nice.