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Offline warhawk

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Making bow from willow branches
« on: May 24, 2010, 09:52:02 pm »
can you use willow branches and how thick do themhave to be and i need information on basic ways to do all the steps to make a Primivitive Bow? if anyone could help me i would appreciate it.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Making bow from willow branches
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 09:58:55 pm »
You can use willow as bow wood, but I don't recommend it. It is so inferior as a bow wood that I believe it is a waste of time. There are just to many good woods, or even mediocre woods to go messing with crap.
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Offline LEGIONNAIRE

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Re: Making bow from willow branches
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 11:51:00 pm »
if you are so inclined here is a video of someone who made a bow out of willow, he says its about 30 lbs, and its surprisingly short. enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twENpyFV1A
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