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Offline paulc

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Pecan any good?
« on: August 28, 2020, 05:55:16 pm »
Anyone work with it? Long and wide?

May come into some in next couple weeks...

Paul
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Chestnut any good?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2020, 06:00:13 pm »
Not for bows but makes beautiful furniture and bow racks.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline Digital Caveman

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Re: Chestnut any good?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2020, 06:52:28 pm »
Where do you get it?

I wouldn't want to cut endangered trees.
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Offline paulc

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Re: Chestnut any good?
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2020, 07:47:22 pm »
Ha!!! wrong tree!  I have access to pecan, not chestnut :-)

Offline Pat B

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Re: Pecan any good?
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2020, 08:58:56 pm »
Pecan is a hickory and is a good bow wood.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Pecan any good?
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2020, 07:16:01 am »
pecan is a great bow wood.. from hickory family... gut

Offline Hamish

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Re: Pecan any good?
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2020, 04:44:56 pm »
Yep, its a good bow wood. Very strong in tension. A friend made one of his first bows from pecan, it has big drawknife gouges on the back, yet shows no sign of degradation. I was amazed that it hadn't broken.

Like the other fellas said it in the hickory family, good for bows.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Pecan any good?
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2020, 07:52:41 am »
Years ago Tim Baker won one of the Mojam self bow speed tests with a pecan bow.  Jawge
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