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Offline wapiti1997

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Staves
« on: January 20, 2013, 04:01:45 pm »
Well, I've collected more staves for future work. I now have over 30 osage staves and 8 mulberry staves, nice and straight and knot free. I have 4 nice black walnut staves, and today I cut a cedar, got 3 - 6'+ "logs" pretty much knot free..







I can get wood, now if I can learn to make a bow... :)
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Re: Staves
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2013, 04:07:55 pm »
Now that smells good  ;)
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Offline nativenoobowyer86

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Re: Staves
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2013, 04:42:44 pm »
Jealous! :D
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Staves
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2013, 04:48:35 pm »
You are doing the right thing.  Stock up on wood and while its drying you can read the TBB's, The Bent Stick, Hunting the Osage Bow, and go back through the archives of this site.  You can get the video Rattlestick Bows by Gary Davis.  There are quite a few videos on youtube that would help you out also.  And before you know it you will have a pile of dry staves ready to be turned in to bows.
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Offline KShip85

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Re: Staves
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2013, 11:32:56 pm »
Man that's some pretty cedar :)

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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Staves
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2013, 11:56:00 pm »
I can make bows but I'm almost out of staves, wish you were my neighbor cause we could put a dent in that pile of wood you got. ;) :) :) :)
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Staves
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 12:20:34 am »
Nice haul!  That's some fine looking erc!  Josh
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Offline Newindian

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Re: Staves
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2013, 01:38:57 am »
ERC is so much prettier than the local variety  :'(
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Staves
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2013, 08:37:11 am »
Nice looking staves, the smell of erc makes it worth the cutting!
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Offline simson

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Re: Staves
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2013, 11:44:25 am »
Great find!!
wish I have some ERC

Simon
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Staves
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2013, 12:38:02 am »
I'm raging with envy!  congrats on the haul!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Staves
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2013, 01:31:06 am »
Those look really nice. 
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