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bowkee

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Service Berry
« on: March 07, 2010, 05:28:47 pm »
What does that wood look like?
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 06:11:37 pm »
I assume you're asking how to identify it in the field.  Here's a picture of the bark of the stuff we grow in Canada:



Restrict your stave search to understory growth, if the tree has it too easy it grows crookeder and with more branches.  It grows pretty straight and largely has no real branches until 5 or 6 feet up.  The branches then hug the main trunk and stay pretty close, they're kind of squiggly looking.  Look carefully at the bark, the stretch marks follow the grain of the wood, so you can avoid cutting anything with too much twist, although rumor has it you can ignore the twist and just make a straight bow regardless of grain.
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bowkee

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 10:38:47 pm »
Thanks Zenmonkeyman, Not what I found today, i'll keep serching. Thanks for the pic post
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 11:38:27 pm »
Service berry should be blooming soon. We have a tree variety here on the east coast and it is one of the first native trees to bloom. Small, white , five part flowers.
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Offline Dauntless

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2010, 12:42:30 am »
Hehe, blooming depends on your latitude I think...

I look for the candy cane bark, usually a couple saplings grow together in a coppice.  I then look for the straightest ones with the straightest lines on the bark.  I love the stuff, just dry slowly and... make sure it's dry when you bend it.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2010, 03:05:56 am »
Quote from: Dauntless on March 08, 2010, 12:42:30 am
... make sure it's dry when you bend it.

Does this answer my question about how you're doing with your saskatoon stave?
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Offline Dauntless

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2010, 11:17:34 am »
Hehe, I've got 5 or 6 staves that are pretty dry by now.  Roughed out soon after being felled last June.

I don't have the time (willpower) to finish up any of these so I'm making mini crossbows with the scraps.
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2010, 01:09:52 pm »
Wood interior is rather satiny.

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Offline uwe

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 03:17:50 pm »
Oldbow: Russian submarine clock?
Regards Uwe
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bowkee

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Re: Service Berry
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2010, 03:41:41 am »
well I guess I'm outa luck with service berry, Don't see it around here.
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