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Offline Newindian

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Re: Bow woods-just curious
« Reply #45 on: February 09, 2013, 01:36:16 am »
Juniper
-very common
-easy to work with
-short sinew bows are awesome
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Bow woods-just curious
« Reply #46 on: February 09, 2013, 01:52:17 am »
It's all about location.  The west coast guys love the local trees out there and the midwest guys love there osage, hickory, HHb, elm, etc.  I imagine if I lived on the west coast my user name might be the Ocean Spray Outlaw or maybe the Vine Maple Villian.   
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Bow woods-just curious
« Reply #47 on: February 09, 2013, 03:42:22 pm »
I'm rather limited on local woods, but locally my favorites are,
Sonoran scrub oak
Juniper
Mountain maple

My overall would be,

Yew
Juniper
Mountain maple, although I'm dying to try vine maple.
And of course Osage, although I keep saving it for something special, I'm not sure I'll ever use it all.  ;D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Bow woods-just curious
« Reply #48 on: February 09, 2013, 04:45:42 pm »
It is good that we are using local bow woods. Black locust and hickory were favored by the ancients in NH and  New England in general. Jawge
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