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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: old foul dude on September 07, 2010, 04:40:56 pm

Title: Black Maple?
Post by: old foul dude on September 07, 2010, 04:40:56 pm

My big Black Maple was damaged by a storm and I'm going to lose half of it. I was wondering what type of bow wood it would make.
I did a archive search but found nothing specifically on Black Maple. I know it's supposed to be harder than Sugar Maple.

Title: Re: Black Maple?
Post by: tronman on September 07, 2010, 09:22:58 pm

I believe it is closley related to sugar maple and it should make a good  bows

Black maple (Acer nigrum), also called black sugar maple, hard maple, or rock maple, is closely related to sugar maple (A. saccharum) in habit, range, and quality and use of wood. Black maple grows on a variety of soils, but most commonly on moist soils of river bottoms in mixed hardwood forests. It grows rapidly in early life, then slowly and may live 200 years. Black maple is cut and sold with sugar maple as hard maple lumber. The trees can be tapped for sap for making maple syrup.