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NewBowyer
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Tree ID once again
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May 20, 2020, 07:33:13 pm »
We have tons of these but IDK what they are- usually grow straight but is there a bow in there?
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dylanholderman
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May 20, 2020, 08:27:00 pm »
looks like a elm.
also those white flowers look like a honeysuckle bush, thats good bow wood too, best to cut in the winter though.
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Pat B
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May 20, 2020, 08:57:45 pm »
Might be hackberry with all those corky warts. If it is hackberry it's good bow wood.
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NewBowyer
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May 20, 2020, 09:25:08 pm »
Yup, got 2 honeysuckle staves drying right now. We're overrun with it but it seldom grows straight, tons of curves and kinks.
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Fox
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May 20, 2020, 10:00:34 pm »
Definatly hackberry
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Why must we make simple things so complicated?
Eric Krewson
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May 21, 2020, 07:19:44 am »
Hackberry without a doubt.
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osage outlaw
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May 21, 2020, 07:59:54 am »
Hackberry. Cut them now and the bark should slip off. They make a great bow. They like a good heat temper on the belly of the limbs.
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NewBowyer
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May 21, 2020, 09:43:28 am »
Do you wait until after FINAL tiller is done to heat-treat the belly? I've seen it done right after roughing out & floor tillering, but maybe that was just to speed up the drying?
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Wolfmanjack
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May 21, 2020, 09:51:02 am »
I’m always amazed at how different the bark on trees look from different regions. We have hackberry growing all over here in south Louisiana and the bark looks nothing like that!
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NewBowyer
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May 21, 2020, 11:10:44 am »
I cut a small one & roughed it out a few months ago, before I had any idea what it was; it just looked like a possible because it's straight (although knotty). Will see how it goes.
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