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Offline magick.crow

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Hawthorn bows
« on: August 11, 2015, 06:34:46 am »
Ever since I started making bows last year I have been working with Hawthorn. It seems like my results look a lot like the Osage Orange bows. I would love to hear others thoughts on this. My biggest problem is the Hawthorn tends to twist so any advice about that would also be welcome!
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Douglas E Knapp
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Hawthorn bows
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2015, 11:06:33 am »
Only use I know of for Hawthorne is tea ;D. It don't grow where I live but I've seen many a good bow made from it, it appears to be a superb bow wood. The only downside is that it's even harder to find a clean piece of it than it is to find a similarly straight piece of osage(or so I'm told). As you've said it seems to have a tendency to twist and check as it drys. Have you tried clampming it to a board?
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