Author Topic: Anyone know about box wood?  (Read 642 times)

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Offline sleek

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Re: Anyone know about box wood?
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2025, 06:54:40 pm »
I think its a great candidate for a 5 piece. Its better than osage in compression.
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Offline jameswoodmot

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Re: Anyone know about box wood?
« Reply #16 on: Today at 09:55:30 am »
I’ve worked with Box a lot but not as bows. My gut would be that it will fail unexpectedly in tension.  I’ve got a good stash of it but only use it for tool handles. Unless you want to try and use it if I were you I would sell it and use the proceeds to buy a stave or two of something else. In the U.K. I would guess if you chop those up into turning blanks/ handle blanks/knapping billets there’s at least £100, maybe £200 if your patient, in each stave