Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: madcrow on January 03, 2008, 05:03:55 pm

Title: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: madcrow on January 03, 2008, 05:03:55 pm
Are the top two pics wild rose?  We just call them briars here.

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Arrows/Knifebuildalong071.jpg)

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Arrows/Knifebuildalong072.jpg)

I have an abundance of this stuff growing in the woods behind the house.  It had some sort of purple looking seed pods growing on it.  I was just wondering what it was and if it would make good arrows.

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Arrows/Knifebuildalong075.jpg)

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Arrows/Knifebuildalong073.jpg)
Title: Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: wolfsire on January 03, 2008, 05:45:41 pm
The top two do look like rose to me.  It is hard to say without flowers and leaves.  Actually, they look like domestic rose.

As to the rest, and those, i would ID them as arrows in the making :P
Title: Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: Pat B on January 03, 2008, 06:48:29 pm
Looks like privet.  Its an invasive exotic so help eliminate it. ;)  It makes good arrows, has hard wood when cured but WILL check if debarked too soon.  Pat
Title: Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: DanaM on January 03, 2008, 08:28:03 pm
Nothin up here has leaves right now so I'm no help ;D
Title: Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: cowboy on January 03, 2008, 10:27:28 pm
That's what I was thinking - rose and privet. Haven't tried either, but their around. Both work fine I've heard..
Title: Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
Post by: Hillbilly on January 04, 2008, 08:46:15 am
Looks like Multiflora rose and Chinese privet. Both make good arrows and both are foreign and invasive as hell, so like Pat said, cut all of them  :) On the rose, look for straight shoots at least two years old. The current season's growth is usually too limber and pithy for good arrows.