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Offline neuse

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Honey Locust
« on: October 09, 2022, 08:12:37 am »
I cut a piece of Honey Locust the other day, not for a bow. This stuff is very heavy and dense.

There is another tree in the same location that is bigger, I think I will cut that for a bow.
It seems like it would make a good white wood bow.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Honey Locust
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2022, 10:15:27 am »
I've never used honey locust for bows but from what I've heard it's a marginal bow wood. If you have other more proven bow woods available I would go this that.
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Offline Chumash

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Re: Honey Locust
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2022, 02:42:44 pm »
 May be the thornes are good for arrow points?
« Last Edit: October 10, 2022, 08:11:08 am by Chumash »
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Honey Locust
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2022, 09:44:29 pm »
I have heard same as Pat,, maybe very wide and long would work,,,,
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Offline neuse

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Re: Honey Locust
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2022, 08:13:54 am »
Ok, I am not going to mess with it then.
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Offline Happy Grandpa

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Re: Honey Locust
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2022, 01:00:06 am »
Here is an old honey locust bow article. We have a lot of honey locust trees around and it's on my list to try it sometime. Our trees don't have the thorns.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=4510.0
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