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Offline OldBow

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Re: chokecherry and sinew Blackfoot buffalo bow.
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2010, 05:25:39 pm »
Quote from: sailordad on January 13, 2010, 07:06:59 pm
oldbow i would appreciate that
This is an excellent "chokecherry pole" from my back yard. Length 80" (I'd cut it to 74"?) and 2 3/4" diameter.
Let me know if you would like it and I'll get the shipping price. Free, otherwise.


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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: chokecherry and sinew Blackfoot buffalo bow.
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2010, 06:20:35 pm »
Old Bow,

What's the specific gravity of that southern chokecherry?  I just dunked a cylinder of the Manitoba CC and was shocked to calculate that 68% of the wood was below the waterline!  If it's all like that, I don't know why everybody isn't using it, considering it's everywhere.
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: chokecherry and sinew Blackfoot buffalo bow.
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2010, 11:57:00 pm »
wow,that bow looks like the real deal there..and the arrows too...i have to say that alot of people make Indian bows including me and they seem to not really have the old look...but,your bow does...great work..john
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Offline OldBow

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Re: chokecherry and sinew Blackfoot buffalo bow.
« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2010, 01:11:00 am »
Quote from: zenmonkeyman on January 15, 2010, 06:20:35 pm
Old Bow,

What's the specific gravity of that southern chokecherry?  I just dunked a cylinder of the Manitoba CC and was shocked to calculate that 68% of the wood was below the waterline!  If it's all like that, I don't know why everybody isn't using it, considering it's everywhere.
This is probably not southern chokecherry. It comes from about 150 miles south of Canada. (Latitude: 46.872)
I used to have direct reference to it for s. g. But Google brought up a s.p. of 35.82. I don't know if is exactly ours, though.
Don't let me misrepresent chokecherry. Even though it makes adequate bows, it is not in the league of hickory, ash, or osage.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: chokecherry and sinew Blackfoot buffalo bow.
« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2010, 01:22:30 am »
Nice looking bow. Good to see something different used once in a while.
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