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Offline Ricardovanleeuwen

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Chestnut
« on: June 13, 2020, 07:31:03 am »
Did annyone evver tried chestnut for recurve siyahs? I heard It is really bendable stuff when steamed, dont know if It is heavy or light weight Wood but i think it can make some tight radius recurves
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Chestnut
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2020, 08:33:47 am »
American and Chinese chestnut are fairly light physically so they might be an option for siyahs.
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Offline Ricardovanleeuwen

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Re: Chestnut
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2020, 09:24:55 am »
What we have here is Sweet chestnut and horse chestnut
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Chestnut
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2020, 11:29:39 am »
Horse chestnut isn't a true chestnut but related to American buckeye(Aesculus), American, European(aka. Spanish, sweet) and chinkapin are Genus Castanea. Any of them would probably be OK for syiahs.
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Offline Ricardovanleeuwen

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Re: Chestnut
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2020, 01:35:48 pm »
Ah didn't know about the horse chestnut, their fruits looks the same as the Sweet chestnut
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