Knots, you need to edit the title from ...in progress to DONE! You did a great job on this bow man! I really like the overall color and look of it- au natural!
Tracy
Thank ya!
Nice looking bow.
I have a few hackberry stave to work and hope they come out looking half that good.
Never work with hackbery before.
I'll have to keep this one of yours in mind when the time comes.
Thank ya Don!
Worked on a hackberry stave this past weekend for the first time. Softer than any white wood I've ever worked. Like making a bow out of a marshmallow! Hopefully I'll be able to put some weight back on by heat treating it and adding some recurves. Good to see you're able to make it work for you.
Just like any other wood, just like you can find bad pieces of yew (not that I would know a lick about a piece of yew though), quality varies from tree to tree. I have worked pieces like that. They are usually visibly very white, and lighter than normal. The better pieces of hackberry are usually a little grey instead of white, most of the time with blue streaks through out them, are typically are a little denser, and can take more of a beating before giving in to string follow. Both will make wicked fast bows though.
Normally hackberry should be harder than red oak or the maple you get at home depot. Speaking of red oak, thats another wood that can vary like night and day. The wood needs to be nice and drier than other woods I think, you really need to hotbox hackberry before working it. Which reminds me I need to build a hotbox.
Very nice bow Knots. Great lines, well tillered and all around good looks. Real skilled work man.
Greg
Thank you Greg!
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