Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ajooter on September 07, 2016, 08:55:17 pm
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(http://i.imgur.com/bMs1oec.jpg?1)
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I think it's some type of hickory...pignut?
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Some type of hickory. Could also be bitternut hickory.
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that was another candidate in my tree book...it is telephone pole straight!
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I'd say hickory too.Got a lot of that here so I'm pretty sure.
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the bark is really sticking...I'm getting most of it off though.
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Probably pignut--best bow hickory. Bitternut has 7 to 11 leaflets. This has 5.
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Looks like Pignut to me, it makes a great bow, just keep it dry as you work it. :)
Pappy
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This bark is reallyour sticking. What's your experience with hickory bark/cambium? I can get the bark off but there is still quite a bit of cambium. I had one stave check on the back when I left the cambium on.
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Many people leave cambium in the low spots. Gives a good camo to the finished back.
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After mid summer the bark glues itself on. I cut 17 hickory staves several years ago in late summer, it took me a couple of weeks to get all the bark and cambium off them, very labor intensive.