Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: leif on March 28, 2019, 10:33:36 am
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what are the faster growing trees suitable for bows?
I only know of black locust and bamboo(not a tree) are there any others that grow faster?
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Hazel.
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are already in the woods, just don't forget your saw! (lol) (lol) (lol)
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Coppiced ash.
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all mulberry, red mulberry is best in performance, grows fast and has tasty fruit. red can make a bow similar to osage but little wider and longer (10% to 25%)
ill be working on some soon after some "selective trimming"
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there's also eastern red cedar and some other junipers. I have a feeling eastern red cedar would do well backed by locust. osage has also been known to grow fast and is invasive in the mediterranian
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I second the vote for black locust and osage. I went from osage seeds to trees large enough to make bows in less than seven years (trunks about 7” in diameter).
Alan
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Teak is the fastest growing hardwood and it is able to make a bow. Not that it is going to be common Stateside.
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Mulberry grows quickly as well.
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In n. Missouri the mulberry as mentioned, there is also some fast growing elm around the railroad tracks and old houses.