Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: donrhudy on March 16, 2008, 05:08:17 pm
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I want to build my first selfbow for a ten year old grandaughter. If I was home in my native Texas I'd use osage orange, but I'm an expatriot stuck in Indiana, a good-enough state but not Texas. I have a 150 acres of woods from which to choose wood. I've been thinking of elm, but how would birch do? Birch grows very straight in these woods. I also could choose hickory or walnut. For my own hunting I now use a Jerry Hill bow, and for my second bow I believe I will use it for a model.
What advice do you have for me.
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For a 10 year old I think any hardwood will work just fine, hickory is tough but so is elm. I would
find something with very straight grain and knot free. But anything you cut is gonna have to dry so why not go to lumberyard and
but a red oak board, back it with linen or silk and start makin a bow and workiing on your tillering skills.
Check out Jawges site for lots of good info.
http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/archer.html
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Move back to TX and use osage ;D. Naw, that's some good sound advice Dana gave you. A couple of boards would be a lot cheaper in time and effort if first tiller doesn't work out :)..
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Gracias, guys. Gonna do it.
donrhudy
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I think elm would be a good choice but would also think there would be osage on Indiana??
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Elm is tough stuff if ya don't want it send it to me ;D