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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mikkolaht on December 25, 2023, 10:01:04 am

Title: Plum wood haul
Post by: Mikkolaht on December 25, 2023, 10:01:04 am

Finally got my hands on some finnish plum(prunus domestica) logs.
I split them up to staves and sealed the ends.
Good christmas gift for myself! )-w(
(https://i.imgur.com/pFQc3ar.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OdlDqgt.jpeg)

Title: Re: Plum wood haul
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 25, 2023, 12:03:58 pm

WOW! Around here, plums are bushes, rarely more than 7-8 ft tall, skinny as a delicate young girl's wrist, and shaped like an epileptic sidewinder rattlesnake being tazed! In fact, it is so twisted I don't think it would burn straight!

Nice haul! Good luck.

Title: Re: Plum wood haul
Post by: superdav95 on December 25, 2023, 12:56:14 pm

Yes very nice indeed. 

Title: Re: Plum wood haul
Post by: SLIMBOB on December 25, 2023, 06:32:13 pm

Our wild plum is much like JW’s. Scrubby, and twisted in knots. I did cut some on several occasions for various things, and it split clean in-two while drying.