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Offline Chadwicksbog

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Butternut, good, bad, indifferent?
« on: October 23, 2014, 06:14:51 pm »
So, what do you guys think of butternut the sisterwood to walnut?

Usable unusable terrible awesome?

I split a small log this spring and it has been drying in a shed on camp here, forgot about it till I went in the shed today!
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Butternut, good, bad, indifferent?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2014, 06:19:54 pm »
Think I read somewhere that it's not good bow wood?to soft,but I've been wrong before!lol!
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Offline Chadwicksbog

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Re: Butternut, good, bad, indifferent?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2014, 06:42:56 pm »
It is fairly soft, that's what had me wanting to ask......
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Butternut, good, bad, indifferent?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2014, 06:56:46 pm »
Good for some things but probably not bows.
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Offline Chadwicksbog

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Re: Butternut, good, bad, indifferent?
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2014, 08:58:04 pm »
Carving and turning it is!

Thanks guys!
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