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Keenan
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Hazelnut haul
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March 28, 2008, 08:44:25 pm »
A good friend just stopped by with a little surprise. Seems he made a trip to the valley and on his way back home he drove by a hazelnut tree farm that had cut down the trees and were getting ready to burn them
So he rescued a few
Not knowing much about bow woods he opened the back of the truck and asked "is hazelnut any good"?
I know JJ and Tiller find it hard to believe that I have friends so here's the proof
Keenan
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Rich Saffold
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Re: Hazelnut haul
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March 28, 2008, 09:15:12 pm »
Keenan, you got friends in high places, or vice versa
Don't you just love it when you don't have to break a sweat, to get free wood!
Rich
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Justin Snyder
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March 28, 2008, 09:50:33 pm »
Im impressed. I guess I need to get some better friends or higher friends. Justin
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Gordon
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Re: Hazelnut haul
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March 28, 2008, 11:47:45 pm »
Can you really make bows out of that stuff?
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Gordon
juniper junkie
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March 29, 2008, 12:00:23 am »
wow, good score. just dont forget us little people.
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cowboy
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Paul Wolfe. Springtown, TX
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March 29, 2008, 12:15:46 am »
Good haul Keenan!! I just love these success stories - even though you haven't actually built anything from them yet, I know bows are forthcoming
. Somthing about raw materials gets me fired up
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330bull
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Re: Hazelnut haul
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March 29, 2008, 01:43:46 pm »
Do you know which sides are the tension sides? The last few staves I harvested I marked the tension sides, and when I cut them in half with a bandsaw, it was obvious the tension sides had more spring in them.
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BigWapiti
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March 30, 2008, 01:11:03 am »
Keenan, can I be your friend?
I'll even provide my address, for free.
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Mike B.
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Gordon
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March 30, 2008, 04:24:32 am »
Joe,
I've never worried about that with hazelnut - it doesn't seem to hold tension like vine maple.
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Keenan
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March 30, 2008, 12:59:29 pm »
Good friend for sure.
Gordon thanks for the info. The bark isn't wanting to come off very easy but not going to complain.
JJ Don't worry I think there will some that I can trade. I'm not sure how to approach these staves they are straight with almost no knots or severe kinks to work.
I've never had this complication befor
Keenan
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El Destructo
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March 30, 2008, 01:27:18 pm »
Send it to Dana....He is the Master of the Straight Stave!!!!
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BryanB
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March 30, 2008, 03:06:40 pm »
keenan-
Nice haul. You will find that hazel is very easy to work with.
They can have fairly thin rings, so be careful with that draw knife.
Bryan
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