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Title: juniper
Post by: Si on February 09, 2013, 01:34:00 PM
I am a hobby bowyer and have experience with quite a few bow wood but have never dealt with juniper. My question deals with wood I saw in a NW lumber yard last week. They had a pile of Juniper timbers in different sizes. Have any of you made board bows from Juniper like this instead of logs or branches?
Title: Re: juniper
Post by: Keenan on February 09, 2013, 06:31:00 PM
I have never used a cut timber but have seen a few, and thought it would be a good experiment for a sinewed shortie. I bet if you look for one that's cut real straight to the rings and sinew backed it it would probably work great. Juniper loves sinew and makes a snappy shrot bow