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Title: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: yazoo on February 14, 2009, 10:28:57 am: spent a full day on some osage ended up with 80 staves and 20 pair of billets, lots of really clean wood,some great staves with holes, and some super snakey staves.

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Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: sailordad on February 14, 2009, 10:39:54 am: yazoo.
all that yellow wood brings a tear to my eye,not a tear from crying a tear of jealousness.

i got something similar planned for this week end,only its not hedge.
last night i drove to brainerd,thats about and hour north of my place.i picked up 5 real nice and straight hhb logs.
ironwood a biotch to split,but i hear it makes nice bows.

peace,
tim
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: Pat B on February 14, 2009, 11:19:59 am: Yazoo, were you guys at the NC State Shoot near Hickory last May?
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: yazoo on February 14, 2009, 11:47:53 am: yes I sent my dad there with a load of osage,he was in fla last week, at ocholchonee river state park, a great show, will be back in fla in couple weeks at the stat tbof shoot, alot of times i do two shows at a time my mom and dad will do one , I will do one somewhere else,
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: burn em up chuck on February 14, 2009, 12:19:11 pm: yazoo,
are you going to at northwest traditional & primative archery expo? it would be nice to see your sage first hand,and meet others from this site.

chuck
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: yazoo on February 14, 2009, 12:30:17 pm: I am not sure I will make it out west this year , maybe
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: Sidewinder on February 14, 2009, 12:41:40 pm: Good job yazoo, me and my son Jordan split and debarked 30 last week. I'm on the prowl for more. I decided that I was way too short on my stash and that if I did'n t do something about it this year, than next year I would be in the same situation. Seems like if I start out with 20 I end up giving a way a few and selling a few and making or breaking a few bows and before you know it I'm out so I decided I'm gonna overload this year and try and keep it that way. I got a little system going now so we shall see how it all goes. Its alot of work thats for sure. Danny
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: Pat B on February 14, 2009, 01:09:40 pm: I'm working on a stave right now that I got from your Dad at Hickory last year. I actually got 3 staves from the one I bought. ;D Very nice wood! ;)
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: Danny Roberts on February 15, 2009, 05:03:42 am: I'd give my eye teeth for some 'sage. It don't grow around this country, Brandenburg, Ky. I settle with locust. Great lookin' wood !!!
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: nickf on February 15, 2009, 06:49:22 am: this is really, really beautyfull. I would have cycled 200miles just to steal a bunch of yours, but too bad, I gotto cycle 20 000miles for it...

Nick
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: yazoo on February 15, 2009, 04:27:17 pm: I like my osage logs big 8)

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Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: adb on February 15, 2009, 05:17:42 pm: Man... I sure wish I had your resources! I'm absolutely green with envy, and drooling all over the computer screen.
Title: Re: splitting some bow staves this week
Post by: DEATHMASTER on February 15, 2009, 06:08:44 pm: Wish I had OSAGE by my place. Not a piece to be had. What a great hall. I can see many nice bows laying there.
Wisconsin,
Tim