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Offline mitchman

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2008, 09:54:41 pm »
thanks guys, i think it is like 1 and a fourth at the widest or maybe one and a half. cool im in for bom. sorry cant get more pics now. im traveling to Moosehead Maine for the summer. ill post more when we get there. it tapped to the roof now. has anyone made a bow from driftwood.

Offline Hillbilly

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2008, 09:56:32 pm »
Mitch, I guess it would depend on what kind of driftwood and how sound it was. I've read of Inuit making cable-backed bows from found driftwood. Have a good trip to Maine, sounds like a good summer. And don't forget that Mt. Kineo is almost completely made from knappable rhyolite. >:D
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