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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Chris3kilo on October 29, 2016, 11:47:35 am

Title: Did I mess this up?
Post by: Chris3kilo on October 29, 2016, 11:47:35 am

https:// postimg.org/image/otr8rmxwj/
Did I mess this elder stave up? Is the white stuff sapwood and should've stayed on?  :-[

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: PatM on October 29, 2016, 12:06:06 pm

If you preview your post and can't see pics, we can't either. ;)

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: Chris3kilo on October 29, 2016, 12:09:59 pm

I'm on iPhone so I uploadet a link for the picture. I read in a post on this side that it's not allowed to type in direct links so I seperated the HTTPS part. I might have misunderstood something? :)

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: FilipT on October 29, 2016, 12:51:36 pm

No white stuff is cambium, you didn't mess anything. Btw, I work with stave same dimensions as yours, see here: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,58581.0.html

Also, you can put pictures with postimage, they are not advertising.

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: Chris3kilo on October 29, 2016, 01:35:44 pm

Thank god :) straight elderberry is a rare find, where I live.
Just saw your post and noticed the humus on your bow. :laugh: My stave's got The Humus aswell. Did you learn what it was?
Where are you from Stalker? Noticed you know alot about woods we have here in scandinavia.

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: FilipT on October 29, 2016, 04:24:03 pm

Croatia. So you have humus also in pith canal?

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: Chris3kilo on October 29, 2016, 04:41:49 pm

Yeah close to the root.

Title: Re: Did I mess this up?
Post by: FilipT on October 30, 2016, 04:31:06 am

That is same case in my bow. When I cut it near the root, I saw black canal of the pith near root. Upper parts of canal are completely fine and that black canal is about 25 cm long. What I am worried is if that means wood is rotten around that area.