Native woods.......

cmh · February 16, 2015, 05:21:00 PM

I look and admire the bows posted here daily and some with the most exotic woods...... I'm curious how many folks have bows with woods native to the area they live in?

stack · February 16, 2015, 05:26:00 PM

I have a great northern ghost that the wood came from 25 miles from my house. Found this out from the bowyer that made it.

MO Bow · February 16, 2015, 07:59:00 PM

Waiting for Big Jim to give me the call. Going to use MO native woods...sycamore, osage for the handle...can't decide on juniper or tulipwood for the limbs.

kennym · February 16, 2015, 08:10:00 PM

Here's a walnut and phenolic bow I made from MO walnut last year.....

Finish was on 4 days when this happened..... :D

**DONOTDELETE** · February 16, 2015, 08:28:00 PM

Oregon Black walnut Here.

cmh · February 16, 2015, 08:31:00 PM

Beautiful bows gentlemen

**DONOTDELETE** · February 16, 2015, 08:33:00 PM

Clairo walnut.

**DONOTDELETE** · February 16, 2015, 08:43:00 PM

Myrtle wood.... Oregon coast

Possum Head · February 16, 2015, 09:12:00 PM

Kirk and Kenny you guys are top notch. Beautiful woods

VA Elite · February 16, 2015, 09:33:00 PM

Kirk, those are just awesome!

cmh · February 16, 2015, 10:50:00 PM

Mr Kirk......Beautiful bows as always

Fletcher · February 16, 2015, 11:21:00 PM

I like North American woods in my bows. Osage and red elm, walnut and red elm, osage and eastern red cedar are a few I've built. I have a GN Critter Gitter that is osage with hickory and my Whip TD has osage highlights with myrtle veneers.

huntingarcher · February 16, 2015, 11:38:00 PM

Had BigJim build me a buffalo bow with some black walnut that came from my deer lease.I resawed a tree left laying on the ground by loggers and sent it to BigJim.

BigHink66 · February 17, 2015, 07:56:00 AM

Man those Bigfoot bows are nice.

KentuckyTJ · February 17, 2015, 09:28:00 AM

Beautiful stuff guys!

MCNSC · February 17, 2015, 10:08:00 AM

It's not mine and I don't have pics but saw a Widow that was made from Persimmon, locust and white oak. Great looking bow made from woods that are all food source trees in this area. Pretty cool!

SELFBOW19953 · February 17, 2015, 10:25:00 AM

In 1946 or 47, my father went to visit relatives in Newfield, NY where he cut down a walnut tree and had it cut into 3" planks and shipped to Florida to be used for gun stocks. He only cut about a dozen stock blanks from the walnut and another 4 or 5 from birdseye maple-the rest of the walnut was left to air dry in my grandfather's garage. Chuck Deshler at Two Tracks Bows used some of that wood to make this Echo for me. The whole story is here http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=131973;p=1

cmh · February 17, 2015, 07:03:00 PM

Gorgeous bows...... Giving me a few ideas

M60gunner · February 17, 2015, 08:07:00 PM

I am air drying some mesquite that I hope can be made into a riser. I also have some Carob that is air drying also. Not native but a lot of different trees will grow here in SouthWest with enough water.

cmh · February 18, 2015, 09:03:00 AM

I'm really enjoying this thread..... Any pics of Persimmon?