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eddiebojones

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any cedar bows ?
« on: March 01, 2010, 03:07:13 pm »
Anyone dared to take the chalenge of making their bow from red cedar, and if so can I get some pointers? New Guy
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 03:31:10 pm »
They sure have try a search in this section also Marc St.Louis made an english warbow with a 100#draw weight.
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 03:32:53 pm »
Eastern Red Cedar or Western Red Cedar?  ???
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Re: any cedar bows ?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2010, 04:03:38 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on March 01, 2010, 03:32:53 pm
Eastern Red Cedar or Western Red Cedar?  ???
ditto. there is a big difference ;D
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2010, 05:08:30 pm »
 Western Cedar for arrows and Eastern Cedar for bows.
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2010, 05:51:05 pm »
Quote from: mullet on March 01, 2010, 05:08:30 pm
Western Cedar for arrows and Eastern Cedar for bows.
What Eddie said, western red cedar is a cypress, Eastern is a juniper. Cypress makes good arrows, junipers make good bows.
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2010, 06:36:48 pm »
I made one outta western red.  It wasn't a good idea. Lasted about 500 shots.  Heck of a bend though. 35# at 28 in.  Bow is about 52" long.

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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2010, 06:38:00 pm »

there.  Not a real pretty tiller. 
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2010, 07:32:30 pm »
well from what i have heard here in texas the karankawa indians made there bows out of ceder earlyr today i was thinking of making a ceder bow in the future   
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2010, 08:43:29 pm »
I've seen quite a few good bows made from eastern red cedar. Like most junipers, it does well with a sinew backing, too.
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2010, 08:55:02 pm »
 There was a fast one I saw at PatB's get together the year I came up. It had a lot of sapwood and was pretty darn fast and smooth.
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2010, 09:43:01 pm »
Quote from: skyarrow on March 01, 2010, 07:32:30 pm
well from what i have heard here in texas the karankawa indians made there bows out of ceder earlyr today i was thinking of making a ceder bow in the future   


oops made a mistake they made there bows out of mesquite had the wrong tree in my head lol
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Offline sweeney3

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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2010, 11:19:08 pm »
Right or wrong, cedar still makes a nice, pretty bow! 
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2010, 11:23:57 pm »
Just Childrens Bows so far......

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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2010, 11:35:24 pm »
Hey Eddie (Jones), good to see you over here.  Based on where you are in Texas I believe you are talking about western cedar.  It grows more like a bush than a tree most of the time.  The  cedar we had in Nebraska looks a little like a Christmas tree with a single trunk.  I always thought that was eastern red cedar.  I guess I never knew for sure though.  Maybe I'll go look it up.  Both down here and up there it is basically a weed and the farmers hate it for taking over pastures.

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