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Offline 4dog

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arrowwood viburnum?
« on: December 02, 2013, 09:42:50 am »
school me on this stuff..doesnt seem to be anyone using it..good ,bad or indifferent let me know your thoughts about it...Go!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 10:26:43 am »
The name says it all. Arrowwood and other viburnums make good arrows. There natural growth habit lends itself to arrows and darts. They have been used as long as arrows have. I've not used arrowwood but have used blackhaw viburnum with good results.
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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2013, 11:55:17 am »
I started into some viburnum shoots this weekend, Greg (Badly Bent) gave them to me. I have one ready for fletching now. It scraped up and cleaned up easy, I barrel tapered mine with a scraper and sandpaper. The straightening was done over a gas burner and was very easy. So far so good. And they seem to weigh up.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2013, 11:57:09 am »
One thing about viburnum is I will check badly if you peel the bark too soon. It likes to be quite dry before you work it.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2013, 12:21:58 pm »
Otzi carried them if that means anything..
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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 12:56:19 pm »
Mine were cut last December according to Greg's label. It was DUSTY when I worked it, Im betting its quite dry.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 01:17:48 pm »
The first viburnum arrow I made checked badly because I immediately stripped the bark. It was my first abo arrow, checks and all. I think I gave that one to Hawk(Mike Houston) and he carries it in his hunting quiver.
 The sourwood I use mostly now can be stripped as soon a it is cut and it will very rarely check.
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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 01:20:33 pm »
I just got a batch last summer for the first time.  The stuff is fantastic.  It can bend like crazy before it breaks.  I've verified it myself and still find it amazing.

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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 02:58:49 pm »
Awesome stuff !
Wish I could get it readily !
Don Gilson cultivates his so they are strait when he cuts them !
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Offline Pat B

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 03:15:08 pm »
Arrowwood viburnum(Viburnum dentatum) is a common landscape plant. You should be able to find it at a local landscape nursery.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2013, 04:40:43 pm »
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I don't see anything that looks right ? !!!!!
Maybe I will ask the green house girl next spring to see if she can get it for me !
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Offline 4dog

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2013, 07:19:53 pm »
funny thing is im a landscraper...lol...never heard of it...viburnum yes arrowwood no...lol...but now ha...i got suppliers..!!!
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Offline Deo

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2013, 07:46:36 pm »
As everyone said, its good stuff. Not sure what kind of viburnum we have in California but I like it, its dense and hard and seems to carry a good heft to it. Gonna go in the next two weeks and harvest some more.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2013, 10:10:03 pm »
I have some target arrows made out of viburnum I love them.
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Re: arrowwood viburnum?
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2013, 03:00:03 pm »
post a pic if ya dont mind ..would like a visual..pulleeeze!   gracias'
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