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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 09:43:09 am

Title: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 09:43:09 am

I was looking for a peace of hedge for slats or lams and stumbled upon a off shoot of a crotch that looks strait grained to me if Im reading the bark right the rest of the tree looked to spiral grained but only took 5 min. to cut and seal I wasn't planning on cutting hedge today just stumbled upon it lucky find ! This one looks like it would make a good self bow to its going to be a hard choice to lumberise ! Its strait for about 76 in. and takes a bit of a lateral curve.

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 09:43:45 am

Rings

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Del the cat on January 19, 2018, 09:53:19 am

Sweet find :)
Del

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: bradsmith2010 on January 19, 2018, 11:39:13 am

thats self bow,, dont cut it sell it to me,,  (-S

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 11:45:22 am

This one is not crooked enough for you Brad 🤢

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Hawkdancer on January 19, 2018, 11:48:47 am

Looks like there may be more than one bow in there! :BB
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: bjrogg on January 19, 2018, 11:51:25 am

Looks like a nice find.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 12:24:53 pm

Might be able to get 5 bows if I cut slats it really was a lucky find we where out doing other stuff and I spoted it & lucky we had the chain saw with us it was a spur of the moment find.

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: osage outlaw on January 19, 2018, 12:48:21 pm

That's a nice looking piece of osage.  If you are going to split it into staves you might want to bust it in half so the ends don't start checking on it.

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: Stick Bender on January 19, 2018, 12:59:29 pm

Thanks Clint I sealed it with poly right after cutting I will probably split it out his week end !

Title: Re: Lucky 5 min Hedge find !
Post by: ohma2 on January 20, 2018, 09:46:43 am

Nice find .