I had a self bowyer i met many years ago at a long bow safari contact me saying that he has a bunch of shag bark hickory staves he'd like to find a home for. They were harvested in Missouri about 6 years ago and are very high quality straight grained staves.

If anyone is interested in having some these to build bows from, please let me know. He said he would drop a bunch off at my shop in the future. I have no idea what the value of these is. i never asked him what he wanted for them. But he doesn't want to mess with shipping. Said he'd bring me a truck load if i can find bowyers that want them.

let me know if you are interested.   Kirk

You can't beat good, straight grain hickory for selfbows and especially in dryer climates. There are plenty of self bowyers in the NW so they shouldn't be hard to get rid of. Shipping would probably cost what the staves are worth.
Kirk, if you'd like I'll post this on Primitive Archer and have folks contact you for info.

Quote from: Pat B on March 28, 2026, 11:11:09 PMYou can't beat good, straight grain hickory for selfbows and especially in dryer climates. There are plenty of self bowyers in the NW so they shouldn't be hard to get rid of. Shipping would probably cost what the staves are worth.
Kirk, if you'd like I'll post this on Primitive Archer and have folks contact you for info.

I'm just trying to help this old boy find homes for his staves, I have no monitory gains in mind personally. He's in Montana right now, so the staves are probably bone dry after 6 years.

I really  don't want to have a truck load of staves stored in the loft
Of my shop if they not worth shipping.  The guy doesn't even do email, much less internet. He found my card and just called me out of the blue yesterday.  Sounds like a nice guy, and an experienced self bowyer.

If I can hook him up with someone who can help him distribute these staves that would be excellent.  So please do Pat.

Kirk, PA is slow this morning so when it's running better today I'll post your first post and give your email address along with an explanation of the situation. I'll be sure they know no shipping.

Quote from: Pat B on Today at 10:50:23 AMKirk, PA is slow this morning so when it's running better today I'll post your first post and give your email address along with an explanation of the situation. I'll be sure they know no shipping.

Thanks... I'd really like to find someone who would be interested in helping find homes for these staves, & appreciate them
.
The gentleman's name is Tony, and he told me i could pass along his phone number. he has about 60 staves.    phone # 406 290-4511.  He will be making a trip to Oregon in the not so distant future looking to move back here from Montana. He's also looking at Redding CA.

Note*  I have nothing to gain by sharing this info. I'm Just trying to help a fellow self bowyer that is coming up in years, and slowing down his bow building projects.

Regardless of what many guys think, i believe the self bowyers are the true masters of this trade.    

Kirk