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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: pincushin on January 26, 2014, 02:29:57 am

Title: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: pincushin on January 26, 2014, 02:29:57 am

70'' long 50@28

Title: Re: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: lostarrow on January 26, 2014, 05:22:18 am

Looking good! Did you leave the back real thin, crown it ,or trap it?

Title: Re: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: H Rhodes on January 26, 2014, 08:43:14 am

You are bit by the bow building bug!  Good looking bow.   :D

Title: Re: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: Wulamoc on January 27, 2014, 01:18:53 am

Good lookin' bow!!!

Title: Re: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: Wooden Spring on January 27, 2014, 11:45:35 am

Excellent! Most of what I build is hickory backed red oak - it's a great choice for a flat bow, and yours is looking great!

Title: Re: Hickory backed red oak
Post by: brettd on January 27, 2014, 12:50:40 pm

Where do you guys get the Hickory?  I go out to a local rural lumberyard, but is there an easier source? I find Red Oak at my local home centers, very easy to get.