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blackhawk

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Re: Beaver bow
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2012, 11:42:05 pm »
must be a decent wood to hold up to all those chew marks on the back...neat

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Beaver bow
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2012, 09:01:38 pm »
That is cool.  I have seen a couple of beaver sticks that got me thinking beaver bow, but I never found a real good candidate.  That is pretty awesome you snagged it then turned it into a bow right quick.

I was going to say it looks like ash, but I don't know where you got it.  Might be lots of other potential woods in your area. 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline seabass

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Re: Beaver bow
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2012, 10:09:00 pm »
great bow and story.now it needs a beaver tail handle wrap.good job buddy
Middletown,Ohio

Offline sleek

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Re: Beaver bow
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2012, 11:50:52 pm »
It came off a river bank just outside of Tulsa Oklahoma. It is a real tension strong wood, but kinda compression week, responds real well to heat treating. I wish I knew what the wood its, but Mr. Beaver made identifying it impossiable. A beaver tail wrap.... Hmmmm, with a beaver tooth inlaid as an arrow pass.....
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Offline seabass

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Re: Beaver bow
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2012, 12:34:46 am »
now were talking.get that handle wrap and start looking for a tooth.
Middletown,Ohio