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Offline loefflerchuck

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olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« on: October 17, 2016, 11:56:30 pm »
(olea europaea) olive

Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2016, 11:59:56 pm »
I'm looking for real olive staves. Not Russian olive. The kind of olive that grows in the middle east. I know this is a long shot, but PM me if you have any leads.
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Offline Orrum

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Re: olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2016, 09:28:46 am »
O got excited when I saw this because there is Russian Olive everywhere. So real olives grow in Ca. I have seen the groves but there are many varieties. Watching this thread because this is interesting.
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Re: olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2016, 05:07:20 pm »
It's turning into a major crop around the Ocala area in Florida.
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Re: olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2016, 08:40:43 pm »
Might have a hard time finding a stave but I have seen it advertised in board form at A&M woods
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Re: olive (olea europaea) staves needed
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 05:19:02 am »
I got boards of straight grained olive wood 90 cm long through a wood company in Russia that sells it for instrument making...along with plum, apple, pear and some cool European walnut.  Just spliced them and bravo, a full length bow. Shipping just about killed me, but the price of the wood was very fair and they worked with sizing for me. Worth a thought if you can't find any staves. Their plum was really nice quality as well. I'd post a link, but against the rules.