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Offline Gaur

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2016, 09:01:08 am »
If you debarked it and sealed it with lacquer then you would be good.  They don't want unsealed stuff.
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Offline DC

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2016, 11:41:20 am »
As said, remove the bark, and go over it with a fine toothed comb looking for bug holes. Remember that they didn't make these rules just to inconvenience boyers. Ask any Ash tree.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2016, 12:01:40 pm »
IL give him all this information guy. Thanks!

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Offline Badger

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2016, 12:09:05 pm »
  You might look for lemon wood or degame. Most of it for bow making comes from Cuba but I suspect you would have it there as well.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2016, 12:17:05 pm »
Thanks Steve,  I'll let him know.  I've heard of those before!

Patrick
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Offline Badger

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2016, 12:25:45 pm »
  Look up the botanical name, each country has a different name for this tree.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Possible bow woods from Haiti?
« Reply #21 on: July 06, 2016, 12:42:18 pm »
Thats kinda what I have been doing Steve.  And I've been sending him info on each one with the common name as well. 

Like snakewood down there is called letterwood, leperwood or turtlewood.

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