Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ricktrojanowski on March 11, 2008, 10:21:22 pm
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The TBB vol 4 has a plum branch bow on the cover. Does anyone have any access to this type of wood. Or know where I might be able to get a piece of it?
Rick
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lol, Rick, I was thinking the same thing, I want some now. :D
Sean
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Ya I do ;D ;D ;D My front yard ;D ;D If your brave enough to try to get it without my wife catching you then you are one foolish man,,lol,,,,,,,,, ;D >:D >:D Keenan
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Ya on the plot next to the on-ramp I use taking the kids to school they planted about a hundred plums and there's lots of bows in them..It's driving me crazy!
Rich-crazy :D
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Maybe, A suprise "wind storm" might occur when no one is around. ;D. If something like that happend and you get a branch or two knocked down be sure to let me know.
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What we won't do to get wood, lie, cheat, and steal >:D
You guys are addicted and should help ;D
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That reminds me!.......I've noticed that the local tree nursery has some dry (dead) plum trees, oaks, and such sitting in their yard.......hmmmmm......I wonder if they throw those suckers away? ??? ;D
(I'm goin' to stop in and ask next time I drive by....)
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a nursery is a good source for plum and cherry in our area rick . they dont winter well. if i come across anything ill save it for ya. was that you on plr the other morning talking about the governor?
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We have 2 nice old plum trees in our back yard, also! Same deal... my wife would remove some useful and necessary anatomy if I cut them down. Actually, they produce beautiful plums, which I'd rather have anyway!
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hey put me on the list. no one has offered me any plum yet! ;D
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i researched some on sloe, aka blackthorn (prunus spinosa) -
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5754.msg80345.html#msg80345
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frank
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Well it looks like the plum demand is high and supply is low. I'm putting a couple of requests out to some local fruit tree guys. I don't know if they will appreciate the idea of me cutting the trees up that they make their living from. We shall see. In the meantime if any one gets some for trade let me know. Jamie I sent a P.M. about PLR.
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Out of curiosity....Would y'all think trees like apple, pear, cherry, ect work about the same as plum? live in an apple growing area. (we can most of your "white house" apple stuff and some mott's round here..).And have a huge flowering cherry i need to prune, with some 4" kinda straight limbs. Haven't seen TBB4, but what would the basic plan be?
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Most fruit trees are good bow wood if you can find a decent piece. Keenan
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cherry makes a pretty decent bow, apple is another i would like to have. anyone with fruit staves, hook me up! ;D
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I got two nice pieces of plum drying now ;D it looks like some really dense wood..........Cut a pear a couple weeks ago and didn't get a stave from it,,when you split it, the grain just runs out,, it's pretty wood tho.
wvflintknapper
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WVflintknapper
Any desire to get rid of one of those pieces of plum.
Rick
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oh this is goin to like maggots on a dead skunk, me first, no me, no no me, i called it.....but we all know the answer already....separte from those plum staves?, not a chance ;).- Ryan
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I was hoping that I was gonna be the only maggot on the skunk. ;D
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oh this is goin to like maggots on a dead skunk, me first, no me, no no me, i called it.....but we all know the answer already....separte from those plum staves?, not a chance ;).- Ryan
LOL,,, Ya hit it right on the head Ryan ;D Couldn't part with them.
Sorry
wvflintknapper
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I was up in Kentucky this weekend and cut a chunk of some sort of wild plum. It's a bit short and crooked, but I'm gonna try to get something out of it. There are lots of wild plums around here but they all look like petrified pretzels.
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wasn't the chapter on bow wood great? although it has caused me much grief. a few years ago i was just getting into bow making, while simultaneously doing some landscaping. to make a long story short, i removed and threw out about 14 very large overgrown lilac bushes. :( now i find out that lilac can make a great bow. there must have been a few hundred bows in there.
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I have discovered a discarded pear tree in the neighbors ditch. I would think that it would work as well as plumb. Gonna give it a try regardless - I'm going to sneak down there with the chainsaw next week. I know everyone thinks I've fallen off the deep end ;D.