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Offline Badger

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Re: Black locust/Osage Orange comparson via wood-database.com
« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2014, 11:26:03 am »
      I don't think wood data bases are much use for making bows. I have found with black locust that if we make a mistake in tillering it chrysals, with osage it gains histerisis. Osage is more forgiving because it is more elastic. Locust could potentialy build faster bows because it tests very low in histerisis. If we don't overstress the limbs osage is also low in histerisis.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Black locust/Osage Orange comparson via wood-database.com
« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2014, 01:01:34 pm »
Living in the Northwest and you think Osage is the wood to compare all too?? Hell black locust is about as native as osage. ::) There are plenty of woods here that are as well suited as osage is to making a bow... :)

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