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Offline Roy

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2013, 01:00:29 am »
I make all my war bows from balsa. Strong, straight grain, pretty, and durable.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2013, 01:16:34 am »
Let's see. My favorites are osage, yew, black locust, maple, the oaks, elm, hop hornbeam, hickory and many others. If it's on my bench I like it. :) Jawge
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Offline Newindian

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2013, 02:34:29 am »
Osage-juniper
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2013, 08:43:11 am »
  About 98% of my bows and OSAGE for hard woods and HICKORY for white woods.
  With ELM coming in a close 2 nd.
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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2013, 10:31:12 am »
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2013, 12:10:58 pm »
If I could get better staves of it it would be osage... but I hate chasing rings.

Otherwise, clean, knot-free ERC. It finishes beautifully and is sooo easy to work.
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2013, 01:57:12 pm »
I like 'Em all - but I prefer Osage. Bob
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2013, 04:09:56 pm »
Free or.. if no one is looking, either way same thing.
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2013, 04:24:07 pm »
Free wood is easy to get you just have to get off your ass and harvest it yourself lmao which is no problem to me I like harvesting my own wood any wys
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I like osage

Offline Squirrelslayer

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2013, 04:30:16 pm »
Quote from: turtle on March 15, 2013, 08:35:30 pm
Free. ;)

LOL +200

most if not all my wood is free or i get the caretaker to look the other way.  >:D SS
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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2013, 05:58:44 pm »
I would have to say Serviceberry, i've made most my bows from it. It's real close with Hawthorn, Apple and Mountain Maple tho. O yeah, OS is pretty good too  ;D
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Offline bcbull

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2013, 07:40:04 pm »
YEW juniper hhb hackberry ocean spray osage only if its real snakey in that order
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« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2013, 08:05:27 pm »
Can anybody guess mine?  ::)  do I even need to say  :laugh:
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2013, 08:08:49 pm »
poplar?
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Offline dmenzies1950

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Re: Favorite SPECIES of bow wood ????
« Reply #29 on: March 16, 2013, 08:27:40 pm »
I have some yew and ocean spray drying, but for now it's vine maple followed close by cascara and hazelnut.         Dale
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