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Offline cowboy

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Boo ID
« on: July 14, 2008, 07:17:44 pm »
City man led me to a patch of boo in MS this morning. Wondering what kind this may be, or more to the point - is it good for bows ;). The largest were around four to five inches dia, and forty feet tall. He told me to take it all and I could have fit more into the truck but was plumb tuckered out - notice wet clothes from head to toe :P ;D.

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2008, 07:21:15 pm »
boo.

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2008, 07:26:29 pm »
uno mas.

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2008, 07:26:50 pm »
Vivax? Maybe? Nice timber bamboo for sure though.
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2008, 08:13:42 pm »
  Moso, I'll take some pictures of some down here if I can get my driver to stop. All of them want to be Formula One Drivers.  Nice find Paul.
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2008, 09:03:26 pm »
Paul, That ought to make some nice arrows! ;D  Look how long the internodes are.        Pat
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2008, 10:48:20 pm »
Like El Salmonete said, looks like Moso. Looks like you've already been busy. :)
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2008, 11:43:37 pm »
i have no expierence with bamboo, but from what the others are saying, id say yes it would be good for bows. i know it would be good for didgeridoos!

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2008, 06:39:09 am »
Didgeridoos? Moso it shall be then, be on it's way to the TX blast furnace tomorrow. Thoughts on how to cure it out without it warping and cracking. Wondering whether to rip it now while green or let it dry whole.
 I'm thinking atlatl darts Pat ;D.
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2008, 06:48:02 am »
Nice haul, man your out early today. :) :)
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Offline kiwijim

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2008, 07:19:21 am »
I looks alot like moso, but it looks even more like moso's close cousin Phyllostachys bambusoidies(I cany remeber its common name), which, according to the Japanese, is an even bow boo than moso. Great score!!!! :o :o
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2008, 08:23:52 am »
Ought to be good for quiwer's as well. ;)
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2008, 08:36:37 am »
Nice haul Paul, should I keep an eye on the mail ::) :D
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2008, 09:33:41 am »
yeah man didgeridoo, check this out, its the wind instrument he's playing.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JiugB2bjbpI
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Re: Boo ID
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2008, 02:25:14 pm »
If you plan to dry them whole,take a long drill bit,longest you can find and make a hole through the centre to let the air circulate both inside as well as the outside,will help in preventing cracks.
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