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wannabeslinger

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Re: Long bow
Reply #15 - Aug 11^th, 2008 at 3:34pm

HHornblower wrote on Aug 11^th, 2008 at 12:18pm:

You could try making a bow out of kiln-dried ash! It's supposed to be relatively cheap and the wood can take a lot of punishment before failing. Red Oak certainly isen't the only wood out there.

yours sincerely,

HHornblower

Im very aware of that lol... Unfortunately the only lumber yard isnt very well known for Quality... and lowes, home depot ect... only sell building materials which means oak and pine...though I was lucky enough to discover a stock of cedar! for arrow shafts =)

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HHornblower Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 56 The Netherlands	Re: Long bow Reply #16 - Aug 11^th, 2008 at 4:34pm Might as well pay a visit, you never know where you can find that perfect stave. Maybe it is an idea to search the area for ash which will be cut down in the near future. You might get hold of some decent size trunks and thus loads of staves. yours sincerely, HHornblower
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Re: Long bow
Reply #17 - Aug 11^th, 2008 at 7:44pm

I'm lucky to have a good hardwood lumber outlet only a few miles from the house. Also, hickory is extremely common in Missouri; I still want to try to cut my own stave.

The big box hardware stores near me tend to have oak, maple (good if you find a board with good grain) poplar (useless) and occasionally ash.

Osage orange is common in Missouri as well; and there are several suppliers of staves that grow their own here. One of the guys on the Primitive Archer forum sent me a very nice osage stave all ready to work; it made into a fine bow.

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