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Offline Hunter Van Winkle

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Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
« on: September 07, 2012, 01:48:07 am »
My grandma has a honey locust in her front yard. It seems kind of brittle and rather twisty, but I was curious if anyone has had luck making a good bow from honey locust?

Offline Pappy

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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2012, 06:38:59 am »
I have made a couple years ago,they were ok, took a lot of wood to make the weight,I used the sap wood on the ones I done. :)
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Offline Hunter Van Winkle

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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2012, 10:49:12 am »
Thanks DarkSoul, now I feel like an idiot.  ;)

Maybe I was just lonely and wanted to chat.

Offline rossfactor

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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2012, 01:39:37 pm »
Yep, I have.  I think this is one of the links you got already. 

Its beautiful wood, tends to fret.  The stuff I worked was dense, and didn't take a lot of wood to make weight. I like the heartwood sapwood contrast.  Watch out for the thorns (OUCH!).

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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Anyone ever make a bow out of honey locust?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2012, 10:06:02 pm »
I posted one last spring....  I had to overbuild it some and ended up backing it with linen, but honey locust will make a bow if you are careful with it.  It seemed pretty brittle to me, but the wood is beautiful.
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