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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: freeway on February 05, 2020, 12:00:39 am

Title: One Seed Juniper vs Alligator Juniper for bow wood?
Post by: freeway on February 05, 2020, 12:00:39 am

For those experienced with both of these woods, which do you prefer for making bows? Can you say a bit about why? Thanks.

Title: Re: One Seed Juniper vs Alligator Juniper for bow wood?
Post by: Azmdted on February 05, 2020, 01:39:51 pm

I don't have enough experience with the bows yet to comment on anything other than my experience gathering both.  It was much easier for me to find One-Seed Juniper branches/stumps that are suitable for bows than Alligator Juniper.  Almost all the Alligator Juniper I found was either knotty or twisted in lengths suitable for bows, but the One-Seed seemed to produce about 1 tree in 30 or 40 that had fairly straight stumps in 60 inch lengths.  Probably not a universal situation but that was my experience in Arizona.

Title: Re: One Seed Juniper vs Alligator Juniper for bow wood?
Post by: freeway on February 06, 2020, 08:02:28 pm

Thanks for you post Az!