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Grunt

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Hickory heart wood
« on: March 25, 2009, 09:10:58 am »
I have a question for some of you guys. I got ahold of some 4/4 kiln dried hickory. The boards have a lot of heartwood. Is hickory heart wood bow wood?
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Offline madcrow

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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 09:14:47 am »
Hickory period is bow wood. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 10:10:40 am »
Hickory heartwood is more brittle than the sapwood but it will make a good bow. Maybe not as good as a backing but fine for belly wood.
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Offline comix

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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 11:28:49 am »
had good results with boo as backing
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Offline DustinDees

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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 01:19:36 pm »
my last bow made is a 90lb lb hickory quartersawn with 1/3 sapwood and 2/3 heartwood tip to tip running through the board. great stuff hickory is indeed  ;D
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2009, 04:59:23 pm »
I beg to differ with you Pat. Most of the hickory backed bows I have made the backing strips are made out of edge grain heart wood and I have seen no problems with it. I'm completing one right now that's half heart wood and half sapwood on the backing strip. ;)
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Re: Hickory heart wood
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2009, 06:41:13 pm »
Thanks for the replies. Hickory is tough stuff. I will be crafting some linen canvas and hickory strip backed bows out of the heartwood that I have. I have one sweet 5" board that will give me two bows with sapwood for the back and heartwood for the belly, nice straight grain plain sawn.
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