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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2012, 12:32:52 am »
I need to go and find some wiggly osage if thats the going rate  :o
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #31 on: December 27, 2012, 12:39:33 am »
Some of you probably recall this stave i recently attempted a build-a-long on.  You might also recall that it got off to a very bad start.  ::).  I haven't given up on it, but it is going back to the corner until I get my nerve up. 



Dean, that is a wicked stave.  Make Blackhawk stand by his bid. >:D
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Offline sleek

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2012, 12:52:27 am »
Oh come on cmb, this thread is for pulling the staves out of the corner...
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Offline soy

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2012, 02:05:27 am »
I can't say that I blame you that 1 has me scared just from looking at the pictures ;D
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Offline Josh B

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2012, 02:15:58 am »
I don't have any staves that I avoid really.  If an unruly stave shows up in my stash, I give it to Soy! >:D.  That guy will try anything!  ::)  Josh
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Offline chamookman

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2012, 05:26:38 am »
I had a snakey, lumpy and knotty piece of Vine Maple I traded a piece of Beech with John Strunk about 15 years ago. After roughing it out, it got stuck in the corner and forgoten (it was a nightmare). I came upon it a couple of months ago, I gave it to Wirwicki - He  can have the challenge now  >:D Bob
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Offline soy

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #36 on: December 27, 2012, 05:35:31 am »
Quote from: Gun Doc on December 27, 2012, 02:15:58 am
I don't have any staves that I avoid really.  If an unruly stave shows up in my stash, I give it to Soy! >:D.  That guy will try anything!  ::)  Josh
;D  >:(  ;D

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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #37 on: December 27, 2012, 12:14:54 pm »
I was going to bid $999.99 but I see that I've already been out bid...  Oh Well...   >:D

...at least with BH it has a chance of becoming a bow one day!

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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #38 on: December 27, 2012, 02:05:34 pm »
Alright guys we will try a build along with that stave. I will wait until we get some milder weather here in Illinois before I start on it. My shop is not insulated . We will get a warm spell here sometime this winter and we will give it a go. You guys can keep your money. Dean
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #39 on: December 27, 2012, 02:12:38 pm »
Quote from: Dean Marlow on December 26, 2012, 08:34:41 am
Here is the one that I have had in the corner for a couple of years now. I will have to rework my tillering tree to even get it on there to pull on it. Could have sold it several times but  I will give it a go someday. It has been a real conversation piece to say the least. Dean

I saw a stave like that go for about 400 or maybe 500 dollars on ebay. Honestly.
« Last Edit: December 27, 2012, 02:16:19 pm by toomanyknots »
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2012, 02:17:03 pm »
so Blackhawk wasnt kidding when he put up 1000. needed to scare everybody away so he could have it ::)
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #41 on: December 27, 2012, 02:36:37 pm »
Sleek, you have a "new" crooked stave on the way, should arrive on Monday, the 31st.  Lots of checks, borer holes and bends.  Should fit pretty well in this thread.  Hope it meets your expectation for challenging wood. ;)  Better yet, hope it makes a bow or 2.

George
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #42 on: December 27, 2012, 03:23:21 pm »
For about two years I've been avoiding a 1.5 inch diameter ocean spray stave with uneven reflex, and some lateral twist. I'll try to post pictures of this bad boy later.

Gabe
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Offline sleek

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #43 on: December 27, 2012, 03:47:24 pm »
500 for a normal ( crooked ) bit of osage? Wow, I'm in the wrong business! Now this thread is really getting exciting with all these nasty staves and potential bows! And now that ol gstone is sending me one of his worst, this is really gonna get interesting! Thanks buddy!
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Offline turtle

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Re: what have you been avoiding?
« Reply #44 on: December 27, 2012, 05:29:23 pm »
You guys are giving me the urge to start cutting away at this perfectly good fence post........if i could only figure out how to get the broken staples out.
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