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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: paulc on August 28, 2020, 05:55:16 pm

Title: Pecan any good?
Post by: paulc on August 28, 2020, 05:55:16 pm

Anyone work with it? Long and wide?

May come into some in next couple weeks...

Paul

Title: Re: Chestnut any good?
Post by: Pat B on August 28, 2020, 06:00:13 pm

Not for bows but makes beautiful furniture and bow racks.

Title: Re: Chestnut any good?
Post by: Digital Caveman on August 28, 2020, 06:52:28 pm

Where do you get it?

I wouldn't want to cut endangered trees.

Title: Re: Chestnut any good?
Post by: paulc on August 28, 2020, 07:47:22 pm

Ha!!! wrong tree!  I have access to pecan, not chestnut :-)

Title: Re: Pecan any good?
Post by: Pat B on August 28, 2020, 08:58:56 pm

Pecan is a hickory and is a good bow wood.

Title: Re: Pecan any good?
Post by: gutpile on August 31, 2020, 07:16:01 am

pecan is a great bow wood.. from hickory family... gut

Title: Re: Pecan any good?
Post by: Hamish on August 31, 2020, 04:44:56 pm

Yep, its a good bow wood. Very strong in tension. A friend made one of his first bows from pecan, it has big drawknife gouges on the back, yet shows no sign of degradation. I was amazed that it hadn't broken.

Like the other fellas said it in the hickory family, good for bows.

Title: Re: Pecan any good?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 01, 2020, 07:52:41 am

Years ago Tim Baker won one of the Mojam self bow speed tests with a pecan bow.  Jawge