Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: NewBowyer on May 19, 2020, 04:11:31 pm
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Central Indiana, smooth gray bark. It’s hopefully for a kid’s bow.
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Looks like dogwood
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Yes, it's a dogwood. The smaller shoots(2nd year growth) will make great arrows too.
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Cool; thanks. A quick search here says it makes a decent bow. I cut a tiny sapling for a 40-45” kid’s bow so I’m hoping it’ll work. Easily debarked and drying already. Do most agree that it’s not necessary to seal the back & ends on little saplings?
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i'd still seal the ends, and if you already stripped the bark rough out the belly side and you should be ok.
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That stave looks a bit narrow to me....
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::) But yes, the real "stave" IS very narrow. The "kid" I referenced will turn 3 in July. So I'm basically gonna try to turn a fat twig into a toy.
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Be sure to collect some arrow shafting for yourself and the kids. :OK
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::) But yes, the real "stave" IS very narrow. The "kid" I referenced will turn 3 in July. So I'm basically gonna try to turn a fat twig into a toy.
It was a joke :)
Dogwood makes superb bows and it is a very tolerant wood.
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If it has slick bark it must be a different kind of dogwood than we have here, ours have bark like a young persimmon.
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I think it might be Cornus alternifolia, aka Alternate-leaf Dogwood or Pagoda Dogwood, based on location. I'm gonna give it a try.