black locust sapwood

[hammerstone]

hey guys.dont do a lot of posting but i have a question.i have a black locust stave i got a couple summers ago.i peeled the bark off it and sealed it. the sapwood is pretty thick and without taking it down the bow will be mostly sapwood.will it make a shooter?i,ve made locust bows before but its been a while & i cant remember how much sapwood i left on.

[Lee Slikkers]

Well, for what it's worth I won't try sapwood on a BL again...straight down to heartwood from now on.

[okiecountryboy]

Lee
did you get slapped by that one? Looks like a TIC>>>TIC>>>SNAP that i had one time. Felt like I got hammered by Mike Tyson!

Ron

[Lee Slikkers]

Ahhh Yuuuup!  Almost busted my glasses and gave one heck of a sore nose and watery eyes!   

All my BL bows will be SAPWOOD-LESS!  LOL

[George Tsoukalas]

Well, hammerstone, the best scenario is take off the sapwood. But you can't do that and have enough wood to make a bow. The second best scenario is to get as close to the heartwood as you can and then make a bow. Sapwood in a tree turns into heartwood so the closer to the heartwood the stronger the sapwood. Jawge

[hammerstone]

well i guess i,ll break out one of the draw knives. i was just trying to be lazy.i definately have enough heartwood to make a bow but that back is just so flawless the way it is.