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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Allyn T on March 28, 2021, 10:12:28 pm

Title: Dogwood
Post by: Allyn T on March 28, 2021, 10:12:28 pm

Anyone have any experience with flowering dogwood? I just got one yesterday, split it and bebarked it today.

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: Pat B on March 28, 2021, 10:57:45 pm

It makes a good bow even though it is physically heavy and a very hard wood.

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: bradsmith2010 on March 29, 2021, 12:59:20 am

yes I made a nice bow from one, long time ago,, a friend loved it and shot it,,

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: bownarra on March 29, 2021, 03:20:26 am

My old time best friend who moved to Canada still has one of my only dogwood bows. That was 10 years ago and it is still going strong. Very good wood :)

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: Pappy on March 29, 2021, 07:55:18 am

Makes a good bow, made a few and they worked out nice, not the fastest and a little heavy in the hand but I kind of like that, they shoot nice and stable. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: Allyn T on March 29, 2021, 08:27:32 am

Good deal fellas I'm excited to try as many wood species as I can. I read it isn't ring porus so is it like maple then? The saw cuts were rough so I couldn't see the rings very well.

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: Pappy on March 29, 2021, 08:29:08 am

Just peal the bark and their's you back.
 Pappy

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: simk on March 29, 2021, 08:49:53 am

what the others said. It's dense and heavy => make the bow narrow and thick....it can handle an elbish cross section.

Title: Re: Dogwood
Post by: M2A on March 29, 2021, 09:07:00 am

Correct its diffuse porous like maple. Great stuff to work with. Be careful around pin knots and funky grain when roughing out, so you dont get any tear out.
Mike