I got a Mulberry tree log coming!!!

[Jeff Hren-Renegade]

I have heard they make a pretty bow, anybody know how to work Mulberry?

[Danny Roberts]

Pretty much just like osage and locust. I take off the sapwood down to to the first heartwood ring and go from there. Good luck with your mulberry bow. I have one 63 # I just finished recently and it shoots great !
DR

[John Scifres]

Mulberry can be very dense or very light.  You'll have to judge for yourself when you get it but the wood will tell you the design.  Don't force an osage design on mulberry.  Think of it as average hickory that needs an overbuilt design and you will be fine.  Have fun.

[ishiwannabe]

Check out the links John posted on my thread...sounds like awesome stuff to me.

[woodchucker]

Does mulberry make a good bow wood?????

I have a small 6" mulberry tree in my back yard. I never gave it much thought untill this spring.I thought about using it for a "hatchet bow". I thought it might be an ash tree (by the bark pattern) but when it leafed out I new it wasn't an ash. I did a Google search on the leaf shape,and found out it was a Mulberry Tree.

After that I kinda figured the "hatchet bow" idea was out.....

[ozarkcherrybow1]

My Mulberry bows have been my favorites so far. Even came in 2nd place in the clout shoot at Ojam last year with one of them. I basically used the design in "hunting the Osage bow" but made it about 1/4" wider and 64" long.
I don't think a hatchet bow would be out of the question. It works fairly easily while it is green....Terry