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Offline ken75

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2012, 01:19:47 am »
thanks danlow , its an invasive species from china i think that grows along every southern creek. evergreen shrub litlle round leaves
thanks Rich
thanks okie , whatever the clear coat from wally world is
thanks gmc
thanks Keenan , just a bendy one ,knots lumps bumps  and osage stain
thanks native
thanks big jon
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Offline Pat B

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2012, 01:53:02 am »
Another cool bow with perfect tiller Ken, and from an invasive species. What more could you ask for?  Now we know that every bowyer in the South East US has good bow wood readily available.
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Offline criveraville

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2012, 02:48:45 am »
Ken,

Another sweet looking bow amigo.. Very nice indeed!

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2012, 07:32:59 am »
great, now i got a reason to sneek into the neighbors yard >:D, nice bow once again Ken, Bub
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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2012, 07:49:18 am »
Looks mighty fine to me,simple and should be very effective. Nice work on 114. ;) :) :)
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2012, 01:36:38 pm »
perfectly tillered d-bow. It don't get any better. sweet work Ken
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Offline Gus

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2012, 01:56:55 pm »
Yes Sir!

That is a Cool Looking Bow!
It looks like it doesn't take a whole lot of Privet to build a Meat Maker...

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Offline ken75

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2012, 06:53:14 pm »
thanks guys ,
really surprised by this one its not as hard as crepe myrtle but at 65 sg its a tough lil stick , and since it  makes the middle 50s bows i love it .
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Offline PeteC

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2012, 02:25:40 pm »
Very neat Ken. I have built many arrows from privet,and have considered it as a bow wood try,but never found any decent trees.Did you heat treat this bow? Just wondering. God bless
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: privet longbow
« Reply #24 on: March 11, 2012, 02:54:28 pm »
what size diameter tree did you use ken?
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