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Offline Badger

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Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« on: January 09, 2016, 07:48:05 pm »
     Assuming at least reasonable dimensions. I can't recall ever breaking one unless I just grossly underbuilt the bow. I like the way plum suckers grow so straight and tall and fast also. An ideal tree for bow wood farming. Most of my experience has been with ornamental purple plum but I have had equally good luck with the regular varieties as well. About a 1 1/4 round branch is plenty for 55# or so.

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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2016, 08:02:13 pm »
I have a few plum staves, but I haven't gotten into them yet. There's loads purple leaf plum planted in this city, I should really rough a few out

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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2016, 11:46:10 pm »
Nope!
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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 11:50:20 am »
have been grooming some wild plums in thickets on our land,(trimming small branches) ...we have two different varieties
but as they grow here NE Ok., its been difficult to find one straight without multiple branches
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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2016, 01:05:04 pm »
Break...no but I did pull a splinter on one that was riddled with knots, it came from a small diameter tree with many knots that were punky
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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2016, 02:31:24 pm »
Break...no but I did pull a splinter on one that was riddled with knots, it came from a small diameter tree with many knots that were punky


   Anytime I have tried to use standing dead wood from a plum I have had no luck. I have had trouble with it chysaling badly around knots so I try to avoid them.

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Re: Has anyone ever had a plum bow break?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2016, 11:28:09 pm »
The plumb bow I got actually has a check that is 1/8" wide runs through the the handle and then some probably 10" long. Shoots like a rocket.
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