Nice work. Do you know which kind of buckthorn it is? Rhamnus cathartica maybe?
70#... it would be like a warbow for me :-)
Greets
Cord
Nice bow :) She's bending :)
From what I can see of the wood it looks identical to prunus spinosa? What we in England call blackthorn.
Do you know the species of buckthorn? Latin name?
Can’t believe you got that weight out of a piece of wood that small and short with that little string follow. Makes me believe my bow dreams are possible
Wow I'm impressed, that is a short heavy bow and looks dead straight unbraced
Very good job on that bow, I like it a lot! That wood is quite pretty, can’t say I remember ever seeing it before.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/8765/Hippophae-rhamnoides/Details
I ask because this is what we call buckthorn. The berries make an amazing drink or pies etc. Stacked with vitamin C. But I doubt you could get a bow out of it :)
Great work Bryce.
Nice to see a well executed bow out of a wood you don't see every day!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/8765/Hippophae-rhamnoides/Details
I ask because this is what we call buckthorn. The berries make an amazing drink or pies etc. Stacked with vitamin C. But I doubt you could get a bow out of it :)
Yeah, that was my first thought - sea buckthorn. But it is really hard to get a piece of that kind of wood for a bow - it‘s more a shrub.
But the common buckthorn is a tree which grows massive here in my area - it‘s left and right to the railroad.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/8765/Hippophae-rhamnoides/Details
I ask because this is what we call buckthorn. The berries make an amazing drink or pies etc. Stacked with vitamin C. But I doubt you could get a bow out of it :)
You should try making a pie with the other kind. ;)
Woo 70# @ 27" nice :) But that's punchy.
I'd like to know how far that would throw a flight arrow :)
Great work
Del
Nice work. Do you know which kind of buckthorn it is? Rhamnus cathartica maybe?
70#... it would be like a warbow for me :-)
Greets
CordNice bow :) She's bending :)
From what I can see of the wood it looks identical to prunus spinosa? What we in England call blackthorn.
Do you know the species of buckthorn? Latin name?
Yeah it’s just the common European Buckthorn. We don’t have it here where I’m at. It was sent to me from the eastern US.
The native buckthorn we have in my area, the Pacific Northwest. Is called Cascara. And it’s a bit different but also makes a nice bow. Has a lot less heartwood. But similar white sapwood and salmon colored heartwood.
The Cascara definitely has a stronger fruity/raspberry smell.
I post another reply with some tagged pics of the differences.
Thanks guys:) it’s definitely a fun one to shoot. Might have to have it with me in a Pronghorn blind soon😁
It’s always hard trying to decide what bow to hunt with.
I have one other stick of this good wood that I wanna make a nice longbow or ALB out of. Just can’t decide.
Bow turned out really beautifully, Bryce. Great tiller and simple details.
I recall Cody was in N IL. I lived there for awhile and would work clearing that stuff out for environmental conservation efforts. Buckthorn was EVERYWHERE!
Nice work. Do you know which kind of buckthorn it is? Rhamnus cathartica maybe?
70#... it would be like a warbow for me :-)
Greets
CordNice bow :) She's bending :)
From what I can see of the wood it looks identical to prunus spinosa? What we in England call blackthorn.
Do you know the species of buckthorn? Latin name?
Yeah it’s just the common European Buckthorn. We don’t have it here where I’m at. It was sent to me from the eastern US.
The native buckthorn we have in my area, the Pacific Northwest. Is called Cascara. And it’s a bit different but also makes a nice bow. Has a lot less heartwood. But similar white sapwood and salmon colored heartwood.
The Cascara definitely has a stronger fruity/raspberry smell.
I post another reply with some tagged pics of the differences.
Thanks guys:) it’s definitely a fun one to shoot. Might have to have it with me in a Pronghorn blind soon😁
It’s always hard trying to decide what bow to hunt with.
I have one other stick of this good wood that I wanna make a nice longbow or ALB out of. Just can’t decide.
Bryce,
Very interested in the difference between the 2 wo0ods, can you elaborate a bit more? Cascara I have worked with a lot was looking for specific differences. Thanks.
VMB
Bryce,
Thanks for the reply, was wondering for some years the differences. I have decrowned Cascara several times and prefer more heartwood as well. I am rather shocked you give Cascara any credit as a tension wood. Cascara one nick on the back and boom! I always tell people to burnish the heck out of Cascara or back it with something, especially if they have never worked with it. I prefer to cut larger trees, for more heartwood, not that smaller trees don't make bows.
VMB