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Offline Parnell

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2018, 08:12:19 pm »
Interesting shape and tiller Chuck.  I like the simplicity and different approach.
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Offline Yard Dog

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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2018, 08:17:53 pm »
Good job !!
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Offline Bob Barnes

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« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2018, 10:16:14 pm »
Old school cool...that's simply a great design that will always make a nice bow.  You nailed this one.   :OK
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« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2018, 01:47:38 am »
Cool!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2018, 02:33:53 am »
Nice the timber looks very like Hazel, I like that smooth pale elegant look :)
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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2018, 07:01:17 am »
Very nice and sound very fast for the weight, must be pretty good bow wood after all. :)
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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2018, 07:35:11 am »
Ed, The shafts turned out nice from the wood too. I may make arrows to match this bow. Kind of cool having a bow and arrows all from the same piece of wood. The arrows I made for this Ishi bow were from this board. Ishi used birch during his time at the museum for some of his arrows

Thats a good quality about some woods that to me that osage can't fill.
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Offline redhillwoods

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2018, 08:49:14 am »
that is a beautiful bow.
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Offline ty_in_ND

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« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2018, 11:21:30 am »
Very nice work!  Thanks for sharing.
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Offline gfugal

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2018, 11:48:20 am »
I think it depends on the species of birch. supposedly the Mongol's made their hornbows out of birch according to this article http://www.coldsiberia.org/monbow.htm. Based on the wood database values Downy Birch should be the best, with Silver and Yellow after that. But who knows whether that's an accurate predictor? The Mongols most likely used either Downy Birch or Silver Birch since those are the types most likely found in their region, so I would say those would be good bets.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2018, 01:35:37 pm »
Chuck,
Real nice looking bow!
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Offline leonwood

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2018, 02:52:59 pm »
Lovely bow! And really nice finish work. I really enjoy these simple bows. I agree that it would be great to have a bow and arrows from the same tree!
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Offline barebo

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #27 on: January 05, 2018, 03:08:38 pm »
Love the tiller and limb profile - nice work!
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2018, 03:10:36 pm »
Just a great bow!! love the colors, the shape,and the beautiful finish work. the tiller looks great also. Just a all around stellar bow.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: First Birch Bow.
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2018, 05:01:42 pm »
Quote from: willie on January 04, 2018, 05:19:38 pm
Marc

have you tried heat treating birch? and if so, were your results consistent?

No never tried heat-treating Yellow Birch.  I found that even though it is more elastic than Paper Birch it still chrysalled when stressed a bit too much.  It was great sinew backed though
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