staves

[beetlebailey1977]

Let me check I may have a stave for you.  Are you just starting out?  Have much experience?

[kid bow]

i have some experience with bow making..... but not much

[stringstretcher]

I really think Kidbow that it would mean more to you to pay for the stave or shipping.  That way you have your heart, soul, and hard earned money in it making it worth a lot more to you.

[KShip85]

Hey there Kid, I'm just a bit north of you I think and I can probably round something up to send your way.  Should be able to ship it for under $10 I believe.  Your in Louisville right?

Kip

[kid bow]

yea where are you at

[osage outlaw]

There has to be some place you can get some bow wood around you.  Maybe talk to the groundskeeper at your school and see if any trees need "pruning".  Are there any parks nearby?  There should be many different types of trees in your area that would make a good bow.

[toomanyknots]

Kidbow,  I'd love to help, but I'm a long ways away.   Most of the folks here are pretty generous, but you'd be looked on a lot more kindly if you offered something in trade.   Where in Kentucky are you?  I suspect there's a good, cuttable tree somewhere within a mile of your home... you just need to have someone help you find it.    Ron

I second that. Best osage I ever seen was cut in kentucky.

[KShip85]

Bloomington, Indiana, just like my signature line says

[kid bow]

I found some people at a gun range That would/might  let me. Had some good pipe straight cedar

[osage outlaw]

That sounds like a lot of fun to me. 

[KShip85]

Cedar is a fickle mistress but one which I can't get enough of.  If you've got access to pipe straight clean stuff get it.  If nothing else someone would trade you for it.  I love the stuff so much I packed a 6' log 10-11" around out of the woods on my shoulder 450 yds or so uphill to my truck, and it was by no means perfect.  I've got the sore shoulders to prove it . Get out and cut that wood!

Kip

[osage outlaw]

So you have access to staves and you aren't getting them.  And you are asking people to send you staves and pay shipping?    If you don't want to work the cedar you could still get them and use them to trade for other staves.

[kid bow]

 i didnt find out till after i put the post up outlaw  and i never asked someone else to pay for me.i would never do that because i dont like people doing that. i apologise if i offended you or anyone else  but i never asked i assume they where just trying to be nice. and im getting them at the end of febuary because i have a whole week off at the end of the mounth

[TRACY]

Sounds like you found a good cedar stave to me. I wouldn't pass it up if you have none. . Another option if shipping money isn't available, ask some of the utility or tree companies that are removing unwanted trees in your area. A lot of times you'll get black locust, elm, and hackberry saplings left for the chipper or firewood.

Tracy

[Weylin]

Man, if my son was 15 and was interested in spending his time making wooden bows I'd be bending over backwards to make sure he never ran out of wood to use. Of all the things teenagers can spend their time doing these days... Kid, just tell your dad that you want a brand new X-box 360 OR you want some help harvesting some wood to hand make your own bows. Hopefully it will be a no-brainer for him.