Author Topic: Need wych elm staves, will trade osage bow.  (Read 2340 times)

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Offline sleek

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Need wych elm staves, will trade osage bow.
« on: October 14, 2013, 09:50:45 pm »
I have an osage bow I am finishing up that is going to be in the 40# range around 28" and is about 66 " long. It is from Osage with dark red streaks all through the yellow wood and also has a rainbow sheen to it in the light like a water puddle in a parking lot after a rain. I need Wych Elm specifically, and would like at least 3 bows worth. I have a band saw so I can cut the stave in half in possiable.  I will put pics up of the bow later on.
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Offline wood_bandit99

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Re: Need wych elm staves, will trade osage bow.
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2013, 10:41:13 pm »
I have some sort of elm on my lease. Just a possibility. Check out my posts. One of them has me asking for a tree id and I have some sort of elm that nobody could specify. I'm local too.
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Offline Fundin

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Re: Need wych elm staves, will trade osage bow.
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 01:09:51 pm »
You realise wych elm is native to europe and would be really expensive to ship?

Offline sleek

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Re: Need wych elm staves, will trade osage bow.
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 10:38:02 pm »
I wasn't aware its native over there, but I was looking for here in the usa. I guess I should add that at the moment I no longer have anything to trade for it for a while...
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