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Offline IrishJay

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Re: What would you make from this stave.
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2019, 06:32:24 pm »
So far I've made the bow in the above thread, which isn't great but it was made more from a scrap than a stave. I have another sassafras bow in the works right now thats through floor tiller and I have the stave pictured above.

I had my doubts about its usefulness as a bow wood until I built the bow in the thread above. At 49" it can be drawn to 31" not sure how long it'll hold up, but the main objective of building it was just to see how hard Sassafras could be pushed. After that torture test, it has proven itself worthy in my mind.
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: What would you make from this stave.
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2019, 07:12:45 pm »
Of course a bow can be made of most any wood. My point is that for the same effort you could make a better bow of maple, oak, hickory, elm, even  poplar.  The mere  existence of a  stave-shaped piece of  wood is no reason  to make a bow of it.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: What would you make from this stave.
« Reply #17 on: November 17, 2019, 07:27:57 pm »
Well,,,its tempting :)
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