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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on April 18, 2011, 01:26:06 pm

Title: kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on April 18, 2011, 01:26:06 pm

I got a stave of Kentucky Coffee bean, never lived anywhere that i could get this wood, but its was always part of my list of woods to get for bow making.   so anyone with any info, let me here it!     should i scrape it down to heartwood? or should i use the sapwood?....    i kinda imagine its like walnut or cherry where either sap or heartwood will work, but i would much prefer to use that darker heartwood for the bow.    its it a tough piece of wood?, or its it again, a little weaker like walnut or cherry?

Title: Re: kentucky coffee bean
Post by: ErictheViking on April 18, 2011, 01:30:06 pm

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,18322.0.html    Timo did this one w/o removing sapwood. good luck Ryan. make sure to post pics.