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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Tree ID help please?
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2015, 06:49:06 am »
I have made one bow from honey locust.  It will make a bow, but I think there are lots better bow woods to use.  That said, I think that it is some of the prettiest wood that I have worked with.  It is a beautiful yellow color with a pinkish colored heart wood.  I overbuilt mine some, and it still took more set than I liked.   I didn't heat treat it or induce any reflex - I was still pretty new to bow building then.  I may have to revisit honey locust and see if I can build a better bow from it.  We have lots of it in this area.  Good luck with yours and let us know how it turns out.     
Howard
Gautier, Mississippi

Offline JonW

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Re: Tree ID help please?
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2015, 09:27:29 am »
Make a short reflexed sinew backed Plains style. Eric aka Indianguy likes it.

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Tree ID help please?
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2015, 01:01:32 pm »
Will do guys! I started working on one. Just a 43in piece. I just roughed it out and sealed the heck out of it. It's cool looking stuff and the bark pealed right off since it was green. Patrick
Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout!

Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!