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Title: Lemonwood?
Post by: oldandslow on October 10, 2021, 07:02:04 PM

any u guys ever see any lemonwood?

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Shredd on October 10, 2021, 07:22:15 PM

 I think it was lemonwood I bought on ebay about a year ago... I got it because it's supposed to keep it's color... Unlike osage that gets dark with age...

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: oldandslow on October 10, 2021, 07:27:58 PM

Quote from: Shredd on October 10, 2021, 07:22:15 PM

I think it was lemonwood I bought on ebay about a year ago... I got it because it's supposed to keep it's color... Unlike osage that gets dark with age...

not too plentiful huh? build anything with it?

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Shredd on October 10, 2021, 08:07:49 PM

No... Not yet... Saving it for when I decide to make a purty bow one day...   :)

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: oldandslow on October 10, 2021, 09:15:33 PM

Quote from: Shredd on October 10, 2021, 08:07:49 PM

No... Not yet... Saving it for when I decide to make a purty bow one day...   :)

Maybe you could do a build along purty bow  ;)

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Shredd on October 11, 2021, 12:34:45 AM

  Yessir... :)

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Lehtis on October 11, 2021, 01:45:27 AM

Yes, bought some from Exotic Hardwoods in UK (before Brexit) to Finland. Nice timber to handle with tools and works fine as belly wood with bamboo back and some hardwood as core. Gets more set than osage in that combination.

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: oldandslow on October 11, 2021, 09:10:27 AM

Quote from: Lehtis on October 11, 2021, 01:45:27 AM

Yes, bought some from Exotic Hardwoods in UK (before Brexit) to Finland. Nice timber to handle with tools and works fine as belly wood with bamboo back and some hardwood as core. Gets more set than osage in that combination.

You bought it as billets? Or still rough?
Is it still available?

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Lehtis on October 12, 2021, 12:35:02 AM

If I remember correct it was some 2 m long 2” x 4”… they sell this in several dimensions for longbows.

https://exotichardwoodsukltd.com/

Title: Re: Lemonwood?
Post by: Flem on October 12, 2021, 12:37:06 PM

I am guessing its hard to find in the states because of our contentious relations with Cuba, traditionally the main source. Apparently its range includes parts of South America and Mexico, but we don't seem to see any lumber from there. Got to be economics of harvesting, lack of demand or diminished resource?