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I don't think anybody has mentioned it yet or not, but it's been my experience that the trees that have quite a few knots up and down the trunk will yield the snakiest staves. It's a real trick to split one and even trickier to work a stave, but you all have seen the results of such a challenging stave they do make some awesome looking bows for sure. I've worked a few with fair results, but I didn't attempt any of the really super snakey ones. My patience level isn't what it used to be so I sold those super snakey ones to other members.
Basically don't pass up on those hedge trees that have lots of knots if you want some snakey staves. Scout around and do some trunk staring trying to imagine how your bow would snake back and forth around those knots until you find "The One" that really trips your trigger.
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Mickey's got a couple articles in the latest Primitive Archer. He was at Cloverdale for a while last year. He's been riding his motorcycle a lot. Spent a bunch of time on a European Tour a while back. He looked the same.
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Thanks John but I dont subscribe any longer to PA. He's a good guy and apperently a world traveler too! Mr. Lotz was my inspiration and a very helpful on-line mentor. It was an honor to have him come to my home when I was once down and out. One of those guy's you just never forget. Thanks again John and Mickey!!!!
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Mickey has promised me for the last 4 or 5 years that he would come to the Tenn. Classic IF the weather permitted him to ride his bike. Unfortunately for all it has rained every year since the Classic began(14 years now). I have never met Mickey in person but hope to some day. We have conversed on line and by email for years. I've enjoyed his writings in PA and elsewhere. I use his floppy rest on all my bows now and his floppy bowyers rule for making bows. Mickey even mentioned a bow I gave him in one of his PA articles a year or so ago.
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