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Offline hilltophickory

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The soft wood bows??
« on: May 31, 2013, 01:32:28 pm »
I make most my bows with Hickory and hedge , I hear of vine maple , are the vine maples in OHIO ? and are there any other softwoods that can be used , I correct myself maples are a hard wood , do any one have pics of vine maple trees?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2013, 01:36:44 pm »
Vine maple is a NW tree. W have none anywhere near this part of the country. Hackberry, elm, ash, oak, hop hornbeam, beech, maple, buckthorn and many more. Get a "Tress of Ohio" book if you can.
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Offline Ed Brooks

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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2013, 01:42:34 pm »
Hilltop, there is a picture of some vine maple  on this link, it's the 3rd pic down. http://www.patriciaklichen.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
or google it and look for the nastiest clump of brushy looking tree for lack of a better term. Hope this helps.
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Offline hilltophickory

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2013, 01:44:50 pm »
I have thought of hackberry it is extremely tough to split for fire wood so it should be durable, I tried sassafrass  but did not like it one bit, and I don't like backing bows I want to see what they can do on their own.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2013, 01:46:17 pm »
Stick with osage my friend.
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Offline hilltophickory

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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2013, 01:47:01 pm »
Thanks , yep we don't have that tree
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2013, 01:50:08 pm »
LOL. Y'all really think oak et all are softwoods? Softwoods usually means evergreens. Yew, cedar and juniper are the only softwoods I know of that will make a bow. Fir maybe but I wouldn't use it for a bow. :) Jawge
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2013, 01:53:04 pm »
Did you mean whitewood bows, hill? If yes, then the list is quite long. Jawge
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2013, 02:19:17 pm »
Quote from: hilltophickory on May 31, 2013, 01:44:50 pm
I have thought of hackberry it is extremely tough to split for fire wood so it should be durable, I tried sassafrass  but did not like it one bit, and I don't like backing bows I want to see what they can do on their own.



Hackberry is one of the best white woods you can get for bows IN MY OPINION and I belive the hard splitting charecteristic is due to its interlocking grain.
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2013, 02:28:10 pm »
Vine Maple is hardwood. So are Hackberry, elm, ash, oak, hop hornbeam.  Hornbeam is almost as hard as Osage.

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Offline RyanY

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Re: The soft wood bows??
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2013, 03:23:56 pm »
Some say poplar will make a bow.  ;)
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Offline Slackbunny

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« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2013, 04:00:26 pm »
Quote from: rossfactor on May 31, 2013, 02:28:10 pm
Vine Maple is hardwood. So are Hackberry, elm, ash, oak, hop hornbeam.  Hornbeam is almost as hard as Osage.

Gabe

With a very similar modulus of elasticity as well.
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2013, 04:01:34 pm »
Quote from: ryoon4690 on May 31, 2013, 03:23:56 pm
Some say poplar will make a bow.  ;)

not again ::) :laugh:
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2013, 04:04:52 pm »
Bub I shot that stinkin' cardboard bow, it was quite pleasant really...........
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2013, 04:09:14 pm »
I saw the pics pearlie, just that it keeps coming back up like bad Chinese food >:D
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