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huisme
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I'm Marc, but not that Marc.
Re: Standing dead Vs. Seasoned
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Reply #15 on:
August 19, 2014, 10:32:55 pm »
A few of the locust bows I've posted, plus some, were from 8+ year standing (and fallen
) dead wood. My favorite stuff to work for how often it's darker than live wood.
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
Badly Bent
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Re: Standing dead Vs. Seasoned
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August 19, 2014, 11:29:16 pm »
Paulsemp gifted me an osage bow he recently made from dead standing and I've been shooting the snot out of it for a few weeks. Great cast and springs right back into reflex when unstrung after shooting for a couple hours, as far as osage goes I'm a believer. ( unless of course its performance has to do with Paul's bowyering skills). Naw, must be the wood.
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I ain't broke but I'm badly bent.
osage outlaw
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August 20, 2014, 12:04:31 am »
Probably a little of both Greg
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I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left
dwardo
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August 20, 2014, 08:23:16 am »
In the wet and wild UK white woods decay about 10 minutes after cutting them. Even if someone very kind has taken down wood for me and not de-barked it and stored it properly its ruined in a matter of weeks or months.
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Badger
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August 20, 2014, 12:22:38 pm »
A friend brought me over some plum staves yesterday from a standing dead plum tree. I can tell just by feeling and looking at it that it is no good.
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TimBo
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August 20, 2014, 02:12:17 pm »
Anyone have experience making a good bow from standing dead ERC? I have a few staves in the garage that I want to work on someday soon. It looks like the sapwood will need to be thinned or removed, but the heartwood looks/smells/works fine. I am planning to back with rawhide. That said, I know ERC is touchy already...will I need a helmet and goggles?
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Badger
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August 20, 2014, 02:22:55 pm »
Timbo, I did have some luck with standing dead erc, it was just like new wood 2 years after katrina blew it down. No rot or bug holes, this was in Mississippi. It wasnt't actually standing when I got to it.
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mullet
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Eddie Parker
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August 20, 2014, 02:30:53 pm »
I had good luck on the one ERC log I found in the river. It was all heart wood, the sap wood being long gone.
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If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?
TimBo
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August 20, 2014, 08:34:00 pm »
Thanks for the info - it's good to know it has been done. I did a search at some point, but don't remember seeing/hearing about any finished bows.
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