Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Eric Krewson on April 21, 2016, 11:19:44 am
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I exercise a lot, walking and going to the gym, my walking takes place on some TVA property that has been developed into a public walking trail through the woods, down by the Tennessee river and back to the parking lot. They have made some new hiking trails in the last couple of years, one that parallels the river and is loaded with old osage trees.
One huge osage tree, uprooted but still living, was blocking the new trail. Being an osage hound I tracked down the caretaker and told him if they ever cut the tree out of the trail I would like to have it, he gave me an OK.
Now, I need more osage like a need another hole in my head, I have a lifetime supply stockpiled but cringe at the thought of an osage tree going to waste. A few weeks ago they cut the tree out of the trail. I checked with the caretaker again and he said go get it.
I mentioned the tree to my bow making friend Darin and he said he would like to have it.
I directed Darin to the tree, he went after it this morning, he even got some help from some workers on site to help him get the logs out. The logs are from the top, the base, at least 30" in diameter was a twisted mass of unusable wood.
SCORE!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/osage%20cutting/Darins%20osage%20001_zpsqhi7gmxr.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/osage%20cutting/Darins%20osage%20001_zpsqhi7gmxr.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/osage%20cutting/Darins%20osage%20002_zpsguvdk5su.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/osage%20cutting/Darins%20osage%20002_zpsguvdk5su.jpg.html)
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Nice Eric, there's a whole lot of good bows hiding in there
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Nice haul and it's great you saved it from the chipper or burn pile. 8)
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Looks like nice stuff!
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lucky dog!
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Nice work saving some bow wood. I like the thin sapwood. Not much work to get to the good stuff inside.
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That is some nice wood.
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Nice haul
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Geez you guys are lucky! My wood "hauls" look like someone was clearing brush and accidentally left a few bigger sticks lying around.
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I feel ya springbuck--why didn't they plant any osage out here in utah?
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That's a bunch of potentially good staves sitting in the back of that truck. Nice catch Eric, glad you could save those logs.
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Yeah, Jeff. There are a few, but very few, and I've never been able to get permission to cut it. I'd be shocked if there are 200 osage trees in the whole state.
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Before I got into bowyery, I lived for a year in Missouri and two in Texas. I wonder how many opportunities I passed up. Too late now. I need to figure where I can go juniper hunting.
At least I found some dogwood for shafts in Provo Canyon.
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Thanks again Eric, I came home split up shortest into billets and cut the sap wood off got a couple coats of shellac on back and ends. Holly came out ready to go pick up a few things for our remodel job on the house and reminded me that we had to be ready for the plumber tomorrow. Well I got her to put last coat of shellac on a couple of billets while I finished removing the sapwood, she left for work I finished up remodeling chores and split the middle size into staves, Planning to take sapwood off tomorrow after she gets home from work and goes to bed, Hopefully then I'll get on that last log. Great to have some osage curing.
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Ooooooo, rub it in, rub it in, we got none in Canadoo. :P
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Bow101 tell them straight. I battle in SA to get good hickory boards but know about 2 saplings of mulberry that need to be culn!!
Nice score guys!!
Martin
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I do like a happy ending... good haul :)
Del