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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by Pappy on February 04, 2026, 09:39:13 am »As usual a bunch of beautiful bows, thanks to the builders for sharing, now let's get out the vote. 
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Primitive Skills / Re: Ice melt archaeology
« Last post by Pappy on February 04, 2026, 09:32:36 am »Maybe I will start looking around here if the ice ever melts. 
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Chumash on February 04, 2026, 07:26:10 am »I'm from Germany and the common names are a bit different. Old names bloodwood, bulletwood, beefwood often declare a lot sort of woods.....
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The dust of Massaranduba smells like some sort of pepper and I always have a burning in the noose, when I work with.
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The dust of Massaranduba smells like some sort of pepper and I always have a burning in the noose, when I work with.
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Badger on February 03, 2026, 11:49:42 pm »Bloodwood has the nastiest saw dust. It makes me sick. For a couple of days anytime I worked with it.
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Hamish on February 03, 2026, 10:38:29 pm »What sort of bloodwood is the question?
I had used Massaranduba for bellywood and it is very good (not as good as ipe but nearby).
Massaranduba is often called Bloodwood!?
Chumash. Massaranduba is an excellent bow wood, like you mention just a touch under Ipe. I've never heard of it being called Bloodwood. Personally never used any Bloodwood, because it doesn't have the greatest reputation for compression fractures.
Historically Massa' has been known and both beefwood, and bulletwood.
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by bjrogg on February 03, 2026, 09:05:40 pm »I’ll be watching Dave 
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Welcome to PA East Tennessee
I second getting to a primitive meet. I am pretty frugal, but I spend most of my budget at meets. Nice to hold the stuff in your hands and you can save a bunch on shipping.
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I second getting to a primitive meet. I am pretty frugal, but I spend most of my budget at meets. Nice to hold the stuff in your hands and you can save a bunch on shipping.
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by bjrogg on February 03, 2026, 08:55:30 pm »Absolutely amazing bows, really hard to select. In the end I just had to pick my personal favourite on an aesthetic basis, regardless of other considerations.
Also, unfortunately I can't see siperdaves pictures (not available in my region: UK) which is a shame as they sound amaxing. any one else have this issue?
That’s a shame you can’t see Dave’s pictures. There’s a bunch of nice ones.
Thanks for entering everyone and thanks for voting to
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Bows / Re: Fire hardened hickory
« Last post by bjrogg on February 03, 2026, 08:50:48 pm »Nice bow east ten. I do like the artwork too. Thanks for sharing
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Horn Bows / Re: Korean horn bow. while im waiting...
« Last post by Bob Barnes on February 03, 2026, 05:34:06 pm »Thanks for the quick update. I totally agree about giving it time to dry. Too many times we read about people heat treating, adding snakeskin backing, and other things that need time to properly dry...but they don't I'm amazed at how soon after putting sinew on a bow some people start working the bow again...way too soon. Looking forward to your update as always.