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Offline Josh B

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northern catalpa selfbow
« on: March 20, 2016, 07:22:35 pm »
Northern catalpa harvested in northern Missouri a couple years ago.  It has a bit of character here and there and it was only a 2" thick sapling so it ended up having to be pretty long and narrow to compensate for the ultra light weight wood.  It's 71" ntn and 40#@26".  Featherlight in the hand with exceptional cast.  I haven't finished it yet as I want to see how its going to hold up over time first.  So far there's no frets and very little set after a hundred arrows.  Hopefully it will hold up because catalpa wood grain is gorgeous when properly finished.  Thanks for looking!  Josh
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Offline Josh B

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2016, 07:24:04 pm »
Oh yeah...the overlays are Russian olive.  Here's the money shot.  Josh
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Offline Swampman

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2016, 07:30:31 pm »
Very nice use of wood not normally used for bows.  I like that one a lot. 
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Offline Parnell

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2016, 07:43:47 pm »
Looks like nice wood.  I've got one about tillered.  Hope to post soon.
Glad to see you post and looks like a great bow.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2016, 07:47:20 pm »
That reminds me of the hemlock bow at the Classic Josh.  Nice work getting a bow out of that wood.
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Offline turtle

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2016, 08:14:39 pm »
Sweet. I never would have considered catalpa to be viable bow wood.
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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2016, 08:29:59 pm »
Heck i never even heard of that wood before can't wait to see her done
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Offline okie64

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2016, 10:34:55 pm »
Looking good so far! I never would've figured catalpa for bow wood but the worms are great catfish bait. I'm anxious to see how it holds up for ya.
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Offline PlanB

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2016, 11:05:29 pm »
Gundoc, if you just built that this month, maybe you can enter it in Sleek's odd wood bow contest! I always thought catalpa was considered "out" of the raange of possibilities as a bow wood. But then again, I'm building one out of eastern cottonwood.....
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Offline phyankord

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2016, 11:58:38 pm »
is making bows from young trees a common thing? cus im not so sure if i will be able to find some very big bow trees where i live xD
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2016, 12:58:12 am »
Nice work Josh. I always love seeing bows made from uncommon woods
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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2016, 06:20:27 am »
Nice so far, looking forward to seeing it all finished up, the grain does look beautiful. :)
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2016, 07:40:48 am »
Very nice Josh. Great to see some bows coming from our trucker friend.  Can't wait to see it all shined up.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2016, 09:15:48 am »
I drive by them all the time, never considered a bow. Are they in the maple family, trucker?
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Offline rps3

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Re: northern catalpa selfbow
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2016, 09:25:41 am »
Never heard of it either, but it sure looks good.
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