Tree IDed~~(Pics of haul added)

[ionicmuffin]

I have here two sets of leaves from two different trees. I am unsure as to what they are. anybody have any ideas?

[Guessed]

Just look up trees that are in your area. For example, here in Canada there is no osage orange. If I were to look at the leaves of one of those trees I would have no clue what I was looking at.

[Holten101]

The leaf to the right looks like Laburnum:
http://www.loenbaek.dk/planter/images/laburnum-alpinum-pendulum3.jpg

Cheers

[ionicmuffin]

dang you nailed the id! does anybody know if its good bow wood??? ill do some reaserch too but if you know just chip in please

[autologus]

The leaves on the left look like a Variegated Euonymus an ornamental.

http://www.google.com/search?q=variegated+euonymus&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_6VkUP-9CcrW2wXTgoCoBQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=937

[Scaramouche]

Here's a website I just found about ten minutes ago. It's got a good list of woods.

http://www.wood-database.com/wood-identification/

Here's Laburnum:
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/laburnum/
It is, indeed, a good bow wood.

Dang, I broke my lurking streak.

[ionicmuffin]

well that Laburnum is a dead tree now  there a quite a few staves in the bunch of growth! some of them are small, but i can live with that.  as for the Variegated Euonymus, does anybody know if thats a good bow wood?

[ionicmuffin]

started cutting wood, will collect some pear, plumb, maple, ect.

[ionicmuffin]

Here's the haul from today, 9 pieces of wood and a potential for up to 11 bows! there are 4 pear, 2 laburnum, 2 not fully identified but the ones from the left on my first pic of this post. and one plum cherry.

[ionicmuffin]

rest of the pics.

[Scaramouche]

Looks like a good haul! Make sure you seal the ends well. Then seal them again, later. I've had wood checking this summer despite having sealed the ends. Maybe it's the drought.

[Zion]

Cool! Looks like we'll be seeing some new bows in a while  .

[sharpend60]

Looks like ya got some tricky wood there.
Some one once told me 'if ya aint breaking, you aint building'.

Seal em up tight, especially the fruit trees.

[ionicmuffin]

yep there all sealed up tight for now, think i should take the bark off though? i know there will be several character bows to make, which makes it all the more fun of a learning experience!

[randman]

Careful with the laburnum. All parts of the plant are poisonous.