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??? on growth rings
Roger:
On this one you can see what Justin is talking about. The color seems a little washed out and not as dark...this is still good but not as good....Look at the second thick ring from the outside.
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Skeaterbait:
I am a visual person, the pics were great and really put all this info in to perspective. Thanks all.
Mechslasher:
that's about as good as osage gets!!
Pat B:
The osage ELB I won BOM last Feb has very thin rings(would be perfect yew) and the early/late ratio was about equil. This bow took a little set but nothing excessiuve and that could be the design ...or me. I have a few more staves with those same rings that I will try some differant designs with and see how they come out.
The first Pic Roger posted is ideal as far as I am concerned. It's hard to find sage like that around here.
There is also a consideration about ring defused and ring porous woods. I have a hard time explaining the differances but the early rings seen to blend in more with the late rings and the wood is more uniform through out in ring diffused wood(is that right), so woods like black walnut, cherry, have early and late woods blending together and woods like osage, mulberry, locust and ash have very differant early and late woods.
Do the same principals come into play with both types of wood, ie ring porous and ring defused ? Pat
tom sawyer:
Yep I'm very observant. Doesn't seem to have got me anywhere though.
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