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Offline ravenbeak

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can you see a bow in this picture?
« on: November 30, 2008, 09:46:21 pm »
I was exploring and found a new clear cut.  There was lots of yew in the area,  and I recovered a good load,  all downed or damaged from the logging.   The ring count is not super high,  but it's decent,  and I didn't have to cut down a living tree.

The big one,  (hard to see) is a good 10" diameter



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Offline bcbull

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2008, 11:02:18 pm »
 heck id give my left nut for the load  if i could get it that easey haha i see a lotta bows in there  good haul  brock
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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 12:01:48 am »
If there ain't a bow in that load it is your fault! ;D ;)     Pat
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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 01:10:59 am »
haha,  good one pat.   I'd have to agree,

I've split up about half of it and it is going pretty well.  oh boy some of that knotty stuff  does not want to split,  you've really gotta bust it up.   Besides the usual twists,  there's some nice chunks out there.

I left it all really long,  to try help out those warbow bowyers amongst us.

i'll get more pics tomorrow when it's split.  (any excuse to use the new camera)

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Offline adb

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 03:01:53 pm »
I'm starting to drool!!
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Offline majsnuff

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2008, 04:48:11 am »
Amazing that wood this good is culled by loggers. I aint complaining mind you I appreciate every peice i find. I am just amazed and glad to know someone else scavenges the slash piles.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2008, 10:08:41 am »
Sure can which one is mine O:)
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2008, 09:52:28 pm »
nice haul! if some look too knotty to make a good selfbow, then you could have it cut into 1" boards and use with bamboo backing. or just to make some cool stuff out of, a shame to waste any.

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Offline Gordon

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2008, 11:21:18 pm »
That is really neat Dave. I never thought to make a bow holder out of discarded logs. Thank you for great idea!
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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2008, 02:19:06 am »
That Yew is pretty stuff, ;D How come its so hard to find a stave that doesn't cost My life savings.
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: can you see a bow in this picture?
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2008, 12:36:47 pm »
Quote from: AKAPK on December 25, 2008, 02:19:06 am
That Yew is pretty stuff, ;D How come its so hard to find a stave that doesn't cost My life savings.
a couple of reasons. first it is extremely hard to find good straight trees, you can look all day and maybe find one or two , especially at higher elevations where they grow extremely slow and make the best bows. snow loads, windshake also damages  the trees. so much of it looks straight until you split ir and it corkscrews into a twisted stave. another reason is that the forest service personnel are scared to give out permits. even though they dont use the wood as a cash crop in fact as you see here it is just discarded when the area is logged. I guess they fear that the hobbits wont live there anymore without the yew trees ;)
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