Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Weylin on May 13, 2018, 10:17:17 pm
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Here's a section of my stash. I'm starting to run low... need to get out there and cut some more. )W(
Big thanks to Keenan who was incredibly generous in our last deal.
(https://i.imgur.com/tlCgDmy.jpg)
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Im pretty bummed i didnt see pictures of mountains.
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Oh man! You are getting low! You better get to cutting. What's all in your collection there?
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Im pretty bummed i didnt see pictures of mountains.
Haha, I tried but it was pretty hard to hold all the wood up in front of the mountains and still take a picture. ;D
Oh man! You are getting low! You better get to cutting. What's all in your collection there?
It's mostly pacific yew. There's also vine maple, ocean spray, cascara, osage, crepe myrtle, black locust, hazelnut, lemonwood, hickory, ash, juniper... That's all I can think of off the top on my head. :D
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Im pretty bummed i didnt see pictures of mountains.
:OK
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I know what your doing Weylin!
I told you yesterday how it stave posts wrk me aaaaaand here yah go!
😂😂😂touché
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Wow, I thought I had a lot of yew. Nice stash.
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Dagobert Weylin ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for showing this Weylin. Now I have a picture to show my wife so she can see that I don't have too many staves. In fact, now I can argue that i need to go out and cut some for staves. I
Nice stash by the way.
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Very nice! Jawge
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Don't you feel rich when you have a stockpile of staves? I have felt rich for the last 20 years, a view down one wall in the crawlspace under my bedroom, there are two more piles that are not in the picture.
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Few weeks ago I was feeling really pleased with my stash of staves seasoned for up to 15 years in my neighbors barn. Went through them, re-stacked them neater. About 60 nice elm staves and a few juniper. Even felt a sting of greed... Went away for a couple weeks and when I got back my neighbor had had a little accident... Got 25 split staves drying now but I promised myself not to take more than I need. feel quite Zen about it after all )-w(
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I have stopped cutting trees for staves.
I figure I've more than enough to use for bows, at my "pace", and would hate that any remaining got wasted as fire wood after I'm gone.
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Yeah there's "only" staves for about 60 bows I guess, you desperately need some new staves )-w(
Awesome pile! ;D
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Nice stash, lots of bows in them piles. :)
Pappy
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I still can't believe how many I go through during the winter when I get some time. Weylin if you go at this as a job to make a living from you'll probably cruise through that pile in a few years. Especially if you start teaching others. Good Luck in your future. Regardless that's a beautiful stash of staves. I know you'll do right by them.
Bjrogg
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When I croak my stave pile will go to my best students, who like me, "caught the bow making bug".
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Well, I'm a little jealous. I have always worked through bows as fast as I could get staves, but I have just found some nice properties where I have permission to cut pretty much all the good bow-making trees I want, so I'm starting now to finally build a stash. One of those properties (~50 acres) will be forcibly "purchased" by the county in 2020, so I plan to work with the current owner to relieve the property of as much bow wood as possible before then. He loves the idea of his trees going to such a worthy cause. A lot of nice strait Ash, Sweet Gum, Elm, Hickory, Mulberry, and others I haven't even figure out yet. Some day, maybe I'll feel rich also.
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I'd call that a good start. (lol) You'll make some nice ones out of all that, I have no doubt.
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I'm trying to put together one last adventure to cut a bunch of yew before I head to North Carolina. Wish me luck...
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I'm still waiting to see you pump out a crepe myrtle bow...been waiting a long time. I need some inspiration before I hit my stack of myrtle.
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I'm still waiting to see you pump out a crepe myrtle bow...been waiting a long time. I need some inspiration before I hit my stack of myrtle.
Haha, don't wait on me! I might need some inspiration from you. I got one crepe myrtle stave from Keenan. I'm thinking it would make a good hollow limb bow.