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Re: Bamboo backed bows
Reply #45 - Feb 13^th, 2013 at 8:13pm

Bill Skinner wrote on Feb 13^th, 2013 at 7:44pm:

If you've got China Berry, you should have Hackberry/Sugarberry, that's a pretty good whitewood, especially if you are in a low humidity area, it soaks up moisture worse than hickory.

Hackberry has been on my list of woods to try for years now. Just looked it up and it is native to California. Cool.

Never heard of Sugarberry though.

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Re: Bamboo backed bows
Reply #46 - Feb 13^th, 2013 at 8:15pm

Morphy wrote on Feb 13^th, 2013 at 8:13pm:

Bill Skinner wrote on Feb 13^th, 2013 at 7:44pm:

If you've got China Berry, you should have Hackberry/Sugarberry, that's a pretty good whitewood, especially if you are in a low humidity area, it soaks up moisture worse than hickory.

Hackberry has been on my list of woods to try for years now. Just looked it up and it is native to California. Cool.

Never heard of Sugarberry though.

there is a 6 inch hackberry tree 10 miles from my house
there is a TON of GREAT bow wood at the Dinsmore woods... too bad i can't cut ANY of it!

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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: Bamboo backed bows Reply #47 - Feb 13^th, 2013 at 10:23pm Hackberry is a good bow wood. I've made a couple bows from it (Holmegaard and a WC paddle bow; polar ends of the bow spectrum ) and I plan to make some more too. Kinda like elm, definitly works a lot easier green.
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Bamboo backed bows Reply #48 - Feb 14^th, 2013 at 2:28pm Hackberry and sugarberry are the same tree, sugarberry is a western name. Figured you would know one or the other.
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