unique bow stave wanted

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

Im feeling the desire to make something unique.  doesnt have to be the "best" of bow woods, but I am looking for something out of the ordinary that I havent used before.  any ideas?  got anything?  fruit trees maybe   if you have something you arent attached to, hit me up!

[H Rhodes]

I just cut some staves the other day...  I have a persimmon, a redbud, and a black cherry or two.  The persimmon and black cherry are pretty straight, the redbud has some character.  These are four to six inch trees.....    I can lay my hands on honeylocust, hackberry, hickory, ERC...  anything that grows in Alabama, which is 'bout everything except yew.

I need sinew to finish an osage limb bow i am working on. 

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

thanks, I have all those except honey locust and red bud.   hows that red bud do for bows? I might be intersted in H-L and\or a Redbud  I actually havnt worked any B-locust in a looong while and also be looking For a nice B-Walnut with lotsa heartwood (I want an all heartwood bow)

[jturner]

I have some long straight sassafrass, tried makin a warbow, ive seen it done but mine didnt work

[H Rhodes]

I have not made a redbud bow yet, but have heard that it is very hard wood and that it will make a bow.  Another alabama bowyer on here told me that you need to chase a heart ring with redbud.   It is on my list of bows to make....  I have a honeylocust log that is pipe straight....  about a 7 or 8 inch diameter tree that I could split with you....   Both appear to be beautiful wood.  I have read that honey locust is one of the prettier woods to work with.  This will also be a first time for me using hl as well.   

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

sassafrass has been on my list too mr Turner

and honey locust and red bud both interest me. let me know what you guys both want for your staves and I will see what I can do.  pm me if you wish!

[missilemaster]

Ever worked with buckthorn before? I have some of that. Here is a link to a bow I made from it a little while ago.  http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,29263.0.html

                            Cody

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

thanks Cody, I have a jim dandy buckthorn stave drying right now....probably is dry by now..its up in my Montana cabin...I'll be bringing it down in the spring!

[Baldmoose]

got some white birch, black ash.

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

let me think on that a little bit. birch interests me...but Im not nuts over it yet...I'll have to see a birch bow that blows my mind to get me excited bout it..lol

[HickoryBill]

PM.Sent ( I hope)

[blackhawk]

PM.Sent ( I hope)

Am i picking ur brain right..are you thinking one of those laurel rhododendron staves i gave ya? That wood be sweet,either one wood be cool to see what ryan wood do with it,the double breasted knot one,or that awesome long skinny snake. I already made one bow from this lot ryan,so it does work.

[twilightandmist]

I have several mulberry staves that are definitely unique. they snake around a bit but i've made one absolutely fantastic longbow from one of them.

[Tortoise]

I have a 35" mesquite stave, I guess it would be a nice little challenge to get a shortbow out of that.

[toomanyknots]

Is honey locust the tree with the gigantic thorns? I had to cut an old fallen over tree the other day to make room for an osage tree to fall that I had cut, and it was one of those tree with huge thorns all over it.