In Search of Bow Woods

[Indiana]

Make that an email.

[Fletcher]

Oh by the way my son has just finished carving out the first limb of a 'takedown' Pacific Yew bow.  I got the 2 piece metal handle a few years ago and from left over Yew we got from Beaverman we are shaping two billets (1/2 a bow hunks)

He has done a great job so far.  He also is good with a digital camera so I may try again to get them dadburn pics to go on the TMA site

Iffen not I will email them to Beav and he can post here fer me.  He ain't that busy as he says he is  har!  har!

[Fletcher]

Buff Razz - those are good photos of a great end grain.  The bow roughout looks like a great place to work from.  I will take it and I am also working a deal with Indiana.

A guy just can't have TOO much good wood!

PM's sent

[Buffler Razz]

Fletcher,
Shoot me your address in a PM and I'll get it packed up and sent off to you.
Razz

[rich pierce]

I like black locust and have made 4 bows from it so far and have a couple more staves in the works.  Like osage, there's the work of removing the sapwood and it's just as hard to find a straight knot-free stave.  But like hickory it is highly resistant to breaking and it holds up better in moist environments.

[Fletcher]

Just talked to my wife.  She was busy shopping downtown and the temp is 6 below 0.  She picked up a packge at the post office since we got a note from the postman 'would not fit mail box'

She said it looked like a bow box!

Can't wait to get home - tis from Buffler Razz I would spect!

[jbullard1]

Fletcher
I just discovered today that the Black Locust I have is of no use to me. Since it has dried for 18 months I can't do anything with it, 50 grit just smokes on it on the belt grinder. Hard like a rock!!

I will take some pictures and send them to you and if you can use it we can try and work out a deal

Jerry

[Fletcher]

Sho nuff the big long box was the Black Locust roughed out bow from BuFF RAzz.  The wood looks great and should not take much to finish down. (the nicks you pointed out with the blue tape will dissappear when I trim the limb)

I suspect about a month yet since I have a bunch to finish before the trade show.  I will work out some trade stock for Buff Razz and git that right out.

Jbullard - I am game for trade - I like the look of this wood.  Dry is OK but knots and cracks are bad juju for bows.  Make sure there is a bow in there or I would just have to turn it into hawk handles.  Which does work OK.  I do that with left over hickory and osage.  Have not tried left over Pacific Yew for that yet.