Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Woody roberts on November 25, 2020, 05:45:56 pm
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In and around 1968 I had 3 uncles who lived way out. Being born an old soul I spent quite a bit of time with them. No electricity, no running water. They had never married and lived as their parents did. Fred, the oldest was born in 1900.
They cut all their wood with a buck saw and made all their own handles something I found very interesting.
Now anyone who has delt with hickory knows that a split piece is a lot harder to break than these sawn ones you buy at the store.
Fred told me they would rough a handle in green slightly oversized. Sink it under kerosene to cure. 6 months, a year or when they needed it. These handles thus cured were virtually unbreakable and not prone to rot.
How do youns rekin this would work for a hickory bow stave?
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It would be worth a dry I think,,very cool,
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I think it’s worth a shot but I have no idea what it would do or how it might change the wood, maybe ask a chemist?
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bow may not be suitable to shoot flaming arrows (lol)
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Apparently soaking hickory ramrods for muzzleloaders in kerosene was also a thing.
Just don't try to fire harden your bow right away. ;)
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Apparently soaking hickory ramrods for muzzleloaders in kerosene was also a thing.
I had to google this. It still is a thing among the muzzleloader crowd. Supposedly it makes the hickory more flexible and less likely to break (and then pierce your hand...).
How do youns rekin this would work for a hickory bow stave?
It's worth a shot, but you might end up with a softer piece of wood that takes a lot of set based on what it supposedly does for ramrods and tool handles.
Mark
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Just a thought if you do go through with this, consider making the stave a splice or take down bow and rough it 90%~ to save on the kerosene
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I'm wondering where the water would go? Would it pool at the bottom of the kerosene? Interesting :)
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The smell may not help when hunting if can't get it out of the bow.
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Muzzleloading forums also have the results of tests between treated and untreated hickory. The consensus was it makes zero difference.