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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Keenan on March 28, 2008, 08:44:25 pm

Title: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Keenan on March 28, 2008, 08:44:25 pm

  ;D ;D ;D A good friend just stopped by with a little surprise. Seems he made a trip to the valley and on his way back home he drove by a hazelnut tree farm that had cut down the trees and were getting ready to burn them :'( :'( So he rescued a few  ;D ;D  Not knowing much about bow woods he opened the back of the truck and asked "is hazelnut any good"? ;D ;D ;D    I know JJ and Tiller find it hard to believe that I have friends so here's the proof :D   Keenan

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Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Rich Saffold on March 28, 2008, 09:15:12 pm

 ;D Keenan, you got friends in high places, or vice versa ;) Don't you just love it when you don't have to break a sweat, to get free wood!

Rich

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 28, 2008, 09:50:33 pm

Im impressed.  I guess I need to get some better friends or higher friends. Justin

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Gordon on March 28, 2008, 11:47:45 pm

Can you really make bows out of that stuff?  :D

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: juniper junkie on March 29, 2008, 12:00:23 am

wow, good score. just dont forget us little people. :D

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: cowboy on March 29, 2008, 12:15:46 am

Good haul Keenan!! I just love these success stories - even though you haven't actually built anything from them yet, I know bows are forthcoming ;D. Somthing about raw materials gets me fired up :)..

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: 330bull on March 29, 2008, 01:43:46 pm

Do you know which sides are the tension sides?  The last few staves I harvested I marked the tension sides, and when I cut them in half with a bandsaw, it was obvious the tension sides had more spring in them.

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: BigWapiti on March 30, 2008, 01:11:03 am

Keenan, can I be your friend?  ;D  I'll even provide my address, for free.

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Gordon on March 30, 2008, 04:24:32 am

Joe,

I've never worried about that with hazelnut - it doesn't seem to hold tension like vine maple.

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: Keenan on March 30, 2008, 12:59:29 pm

 Good friend for sure. :) 
 Gordon thanks for the info. The bark isn't wanting to come off very easy but not going to complain. ;)
 JJ Don't worry I think there will some that I can trade. I'm not sure how to approach these staves they are straight with almost no knots or severe kinks to work.  ???  I've never had this complication befor ;D  Keenan

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: El Destructo on March 30, 2008, 01:27:18 pm

Send it to Dana....He is the Master of the Straight Stave!!!!

Title: Re: Hazelnut haul
Post by: BryanB on March 30, 2008, 03:06:40 pm

keenan-
Nice haul.  You will find that hazel is very easy to work with.
They can have fairly thin rings, so be careful with that draw knife. :D
Bryan