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Offline Jonas

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Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« on: October 20, 2016, 02:52:08 pm »
Hello again,
this is a bow i finished a few month ago. Elderberry is a great bow wood in my opinion, al least if you can handle the knots. The bow as a low D-Profil and bends less at a big knot. There is a big reflex in the lower limb and a reflex at the end of the upper limb.
The lenght is 66 inch and the bow weights 17.98oz. The finish is with danish oil.
Greetings from Germany

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Offline Jonas

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 02:52:49 pm »
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 02:53:28 pm »
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 03:30:22 pm »
Beautiful wood and bow! I love elderberry, supposedly it can be used to make even bows up to 150#. My first functional bow was from elderberry, 28# @ 28".

I will mention that tomorrow I will go cut some 7 feet tall elderberry, thick also, so you can be little jealous of me haha. I will use it for warbow.
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 03:54:12 pm »
This is the kind of bow that comes to mind when I think of primitive archery. Nice work!
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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 04:30:41 pm »
Wow awesome bow! Nice job.
Elderberry huh? Do you know the latin name on the wood by any chance? My dad got alot of elderberry on his property and wanna know if it's the same kind. :)
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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2016, 04:33:20 pm »
very nice looking bow...have to try elder one day

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Offline FilipT

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2016, 04:40:18 pm »
Chris, I think this is Sambucus nigra
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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2016, 04:45:38 pm »
Great that's the same kind. Have to try one too then. Theres ALOT 2" straight trees on his property.  :laugh:
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Offline Jonas

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2016, 05:15:31 pm »
Thanks  :)
Try it Chris, it s worth it! There is a saying here in Germany amongst bowyers which is (roughly translated) "Elder is the Yew for the poor people!".
One advice: (I hope you understand me, thats hard to translate for me)
If growing as one main trunk, elder is very likely to have spiral growth (there are exeptcions of course, too). If you can, try to find elder where there are secondary trunks growing verticaly from a main trunk. In my experience these trunks have a very good growth
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2016, 06:02:24 pm »
In lesser known bow woods, in section about elder they mention "treat it as a light yew", so it seems that is one good school of thought. Although it probably can't survive "D" shape.
Thanks, Jonas, I'll see tomorrow what I am dealing with, all I know was that my dad told me its big elder, and straight. We'll see if he lied!
I could put a picture of trunk here if you don't mind when I cut it so maybe you can see from picture is it good or not?
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2016, 09:03:42 pm »
Very nice looking bow
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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2016, 01:10:22 am »
So using branches actually? I'll try som different pieces. One thing I've noticed In my limited experience with finding Bow wood, is that geographics plays a big part too.
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2016, 04:13:28 am »
Great looking Bow, and great pictures also ! Thanks for sharing - Bob.
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Re: Elderberry-Bow, 50lbs@26"
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2016, 04:21:59 am »
Beautiful wood, very nice looking bow from what looks like a challenging piece of wood.
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