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Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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Hunter Van Winkle
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Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 01:48:07 am »
My grandma has a honey locust in her front yard. It seems kind of brittle and rather twisty, but I was curious if anyone has had luck making a good bow from honey locust?
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Pappy
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if you have to ask you wouldn't understand ,Tenn.
Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 06:38:59 am »
I have made a couple years ago,they were ok, took a lot of wood to make the weight,I used the sap wood on the ones I done.
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DarkSoul
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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 06:56:49 am »
The search function of this site works remarkably well for keywords such as "honey" (the keyword "locust" will give you too many "black locust" hits).
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,6024.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,6666.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,2558.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,3871.0.html
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/416954/locust-flatbow-50-28#reply-416954
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/47954
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/46958
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/46950
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/40969
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/35452
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/27756
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/23165
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/20420
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/13854
That ought to keep you reading, right?
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Hunter Van Winkle
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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 10:49:12 am »
Thanks DarkSoul, now I feel like an idiot.
Maybe I was just lonely and wanted to chat.
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rossfactor
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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 01:39:37 pm »
Yep, I have. I think this is one of the links you got already.
Its beautiful wood, tends to fret. The stuff I worked was dense, and didn't take a lot of wood to make weight. I like the heartwood sapwood contrast. Watch out for the thorns (OUCH!).
Gabe
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/35452
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H Rhodes
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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
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September 07, 2012, 10:06:02 pm »
I posted one last spring.... I had to overbuild it some and ended up backing it with linen, but honey locust will make a bow if you are careful with it. It seemed pretty brittle to me, but the wood is beautiful.
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