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Offline markinengland

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Making a bow from Rose?
« on: January 26, 2008, 02:45:13 pm »
I went out today and came across an interesting bit or wild Rose.



Quite heavily recurved and long enough to make just about any kind of bow. It is 1.5 inches wide and 1.75 inches deep.
Anyone got any experience with Rose as a bow wood? I know some have used it for arrow shafts.
How to dry? What is it good or bad at?
Mark in England
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Making a bow from Rose?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2008, 03:45:39 pm »
Mark, I have not used rode wood for bows but I would try it if I had some big enough. I would leave the bark on until dry. Maybe split it, seal the ends and strap it to a form to dry.    Let us know how it works out.     Pat
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Making a bow from Rose?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2008, 05:53:55 pm »
I suspect you are not talking about any species of Rosewood here but the actual wood from a Rose bush. I've never heard of anyone working with it in bow form.
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Re: Making a bow from Rose?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2008, 06:53:55 pm »
Marc,
Yes, this is the stem of a large wild rose bush.
As a boy I used to make quite good kids bows from biggish wild rose stems
Mark in England
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Re: Making a bow from Rose?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2008, 06:58:19 pm »
Marc. I would give it a try. The wild rose I have collected for arrows had a tendency to check. Leaving the bark on or taking the stave down to almost bow size and sealing the back would be the way I'd go...probably the latter.     Pat
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Making a bow from Rose?
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2008, 06:35:09 pm »
doesn't it have a pith in the center?
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