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Offline Drew3

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Black Walnut
« on: November 06, 2016, 05:22:50 pm »
When should you cut Walnut? Does it need to be backed? Found 10-15 different trees and saplings that I could choose from.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Black Walnut
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2016, 05:50:01 pm »
cut it when you can get it, you can back it or not, if you search gundoc he's build some nice bl walnut bows
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Black Walnut
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2016, 08:40:00 pm »
I've only used summer cut BW and used the ring under the bark as the back. I over built that bow and it was probably 45#@28". That was almost 30 years ago. I did make a hickory backed BW heartwood ELB once but it fretted badly.
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Black Walnut
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2016, 03:25:36 am »
Its really interesting that I found black walnut here near my house (Croatia). God knows how it grew here as this is not native tree in Europe. Plan to cut it.
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