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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: turmoiler on May 30, 2016, 09:17:43 am

Title: Have you used pucte for bowmaking?
Post by: turmoiler on May 30, 2016, 09:17:43 am

Hello,

I've found a plece where they sell pucte boards (Bucida buceras) It's heavier than water and and I would say it is more or less as hard as ipe.
Have anyone of you used this wood for bowmaking? It seems of serious candidate but I am afraid of chrysals that appear quite commonly in tropical hardwoods.

greetings

Title: Re: Have you used pucte for bowmaking?
Post by: Badger on May 30, 2016, 10:06:34 am

  I have never heard of it. I would give it a shot if I were you. Seems like the majority of the heavy woods like that do chrysal though.

Title: Re: Have you used pucte for bowmaking?
Post by: Knotty on May 30, 2016, 10:40:58 am

Hey there,

I've heard about this wood here in Brazil, and if you get the right dimensions for the bow, it should make an excellent bow wood.

Following is a paragraph from Wikipedia:

"The wood of the bullet tree is extremely hard and durable. It has a high resistance to insects and fungus, and is sometimes used for house posts or bridge timbers. The bark may be used for tanning leather."

Sounds like a great wood to me, I'd surely get my hands on it as soon as possible.

Good luck!

Title: Re: Have you used pucte for bowmaking?
Post by: Limbit on May 31, 2016, 01:33:47 am

If you go by the name "Bullet Wood" you can find many examples of it being used as a bow wood, albeit all of the ones I saw in the past were backed with something.