Hit the ERC mother load

[Stickhead]

Hey, gang,
I'm an ERC fan, and I've had my eye on this tree on my friend's property where I hunt.  He let me harvest it, requesting a bow in return.  I couldn't believe how clean this wood turned out to be.  I've never seen an ERC tree with so few knots or bad spots. I got 13 viable staves out of ONE LOG, including 4 belly splits!  Pretty sure there's a bow in every one of the sapwood staves.  A couple of the belly splits might need to be shortened for billets due to a couple of old knots, but that's fine with me.  Gonna have my work cut out for me once these puppies dry.

[Kidder]

Great score Tom! Cleanest ERC on the planet. I love how you posted the same on Facebook and got a ton of responses telling you that it’s no good for bow building. Some people’s kids, I tell you! You won’t have that same response here. Excited to see your first build with them.

[Aaron1726]

I bet your shop smells like heaven!  Red cedar is by far my favorite wood to cut.

[ssrhythm]

Man those are some insanely clean staves.  I can almost smell ‘em.

[Hamish]

Damn, That is a sweet haul. Looking forward to seeing these turn into bows.

[bjrogg]

Yeah sure wish we could smell that from here. If I use my imagination I almost can.

Nice haul

Bjrogg

[Stickhead]

Y’all are right about the smell.  It even hides the cigar smell.

[Pat B]

Nice haul. 

[Selfbowman]

Tom do you use the sap wood for the back? How wide do you suggest? And when can I expect one in the mail? 🤠🤠

[PEARL DRUMS]

Y’all are right about the smell.  It even hides the cigar smell.

My shop wreaks of cigar smoke. I need an ERC stave stood up in the corner

[Pat B]

ERC sapwood by itself makes a good bow.
Pearlie, that's about all you would use an ERC stave for isn't it?

[Stickhead]

Tom do you use the sap wood for the back? How wide do you suggest? And when can I expect one in the mail? 🤠🤠

Some of these I’ll back, but some I’ll attempt self bows.  The heartwood / sapwood line is remarkably straight on some of these, so I can chase a ring (difficult, but not impossible), and leave about 1/4” of sapwood as the back.  When it works, it’s a great bow.  When it doesn’t, it’s quite an explosion.

[superdav95]

Holy crap those are nice!  Ya mother load is right not just in quantity but quality too.  I don’t honk I e ever seen erc so clean. 

[Will B]

Nice haul!  Look forward to see what you make from those beautiful staves.

[ssrhythm]

Did those split out like that.  They look split and not cut, but after trying to split the only juniper log I ever tried to turn into staves, I’m finding it hard to believe that those split that beautifully.