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Title: Does Anybody Have Lemonwood?
Post by: WoodBenderDW on October 08, 2014, 06:05:12 pm

I'm hoping to make a bow out of lemonwood.  Ideally, I would like something at least 1-1/4" wide by 1-1/4" thick by at least 72" long.  I would like to try to make the bow that Howard Hill describes in Hunting The Hard Way.  Since, lemonwood is hard to find, I was hoping that someone might be able to help me out.  Send a pm or post and perhaps we can figure something out.  Alternately, does anyone know where in Ontario Canada I might be able to find it?

Title: Re: Does Anybody Have Lemonwood?
Post by: mullet on October 08, 2014, 07:37:35 pm

Hard to come by. It grows in Cuba. You might be able to find it at a wood store in Canada.

Title: Re: Does Anybody Have Lemonwood?
Post by: Marc St Louis on October 08, 2014, 10:30:22 pm

I've never seen it advertized in any of the specialty wood store in Ontario.  A&M Woods has the biggest selection in Canada but it doesn't carry it.

Title: Re: Does Anybody Have Lemonwood?
Post by: Cameroo on October 09, 2014, 08:47:56 pm

Not sure if you have any Windsor Plywood stores around there, but I've seen it there before.

Title: Re: Does Anybody Have Lemonwood?
Post by: ajbruggink on October 09, 2014, 09:22:40 pm

Barebow Archery's website barebowarchery.com says they have lemonwood staves, the only measurement I remember is 82" in length. The cost is 40 pounds (they're in the United Kingdom), I don't know if they'd ship to North America, but it doesn't hurt to try. Hope this helps.