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Offline wapiti1997

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Coffee anyone?
« on: November 26, 2015, 05:27:12 pm »
This KY coffeetree fell during the summer, had leaves on it until fall.  With the rain forecast things will probably get nasty, so I decided to knock out some staves today..




Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Coffee anyone?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2015, 05:59:53 pm »
Wow... Joe you were right!!!  That looks like it might be a little tough to get those out of there... Guess you accessed those by boat.
Sure wish I could have been there with ya...
Nice haul!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2015, 06:17:53 pm »
Nice scenery there to cut n split staves joe... ;)

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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2015, 06:55:43 pm »
Nice score.  I'd love to try ky coffeetree.  Looks like you'll get some great bows out of that.
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Re: Coffee anyone?
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2015, 07:58:24 pm »
Wow... Joe you were right!!!  That looks like it might be a little tough to get those out of there... Guess you accessed those by boat.
Sure wish I could have been there with ya...
Nice haul!!
DBar

No, took the boats out last weekend... like a dummy... had to pack them about a hundred yards and up a steep 40 foot incline to the truck..  There's still 3 or 4 to pack... I was whooped...  Before I started the saw a flock of turkey was yelping and 2 or 3 gobbled... Thanksgiving turkey!

Yeah Chris, that's my back yard... When I give Bill one of these staves he's gonna have to name the bow riverrat

Offline bowandarrow473

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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2015, 08:26:48 pm »
What are coffee tree's bowwood qualities? I'll have to try some.
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2015, 08:54:07 pm »
Nice looking haul Joe.  That is some beautiful scenery.  I might have to trade you out of one of those staves at Moontree in a few months. 


Did you see my post about the gold coated deer teeth?  Have you ever heard of that before?
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2015, 09:23:07 pm »
That looks fantastic! What great photos -- makes me want to get outside an split staves like that.
I love it when a plan B comes together....

Offline wizardgoat

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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2015, 10:47:09 pm »
Have always wanted to try coffee tree. Beautiful wood

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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2015, 01:22:13 am »
That stuff looks great and a massive amount of work!  :o
Thanks for sharing i'll look forward to seeing what comes out of that wood.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2015, 06:28:14 pm »
Nice looking haul Joe.  That is some beautiful scenery.  I might have to trade you out of one of those staves at Moontree in a few months. 


Did you see my post about the gold coated deer teeth?  Have you ever heard of that before?


No, never seen a gold toothed deer?  I'll look into that

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« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2015, 11:24:39 pm »
Nice haul of some KCT and good looking country there.The wood that turns violet when dry heated.I used to coon hunt in eastern Kentucky by Sturgis yeas ago.Lots of persimmon trees there too.Beautiful country.
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2015, 12:09:47 pm »
It is a beautiful wood, hinges easily, but makes a snappy bow.  The one I built this year I got complete pass throughs with.. and a few pass unders too....







The time stamp tells the tale... at least KCT splits easily!

Some other shots...


Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2015, 12:39:21 pm »
Nice Haul! Looks like some good straight, clean coffee wood. Looks like a that trail gets quite a bit of use too!
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