« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE  (Read 563 times)

Offline wildcat hunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 225
HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« on: December 06, 2011, 02:39:00 PM »
I CUT A SMALL ( 2 1/2")HORNBEAN TREE FOR A BOW. WHAT DO I DO WITH THE BACK? Do I cut it down to a  smooth back, follow a grain ( impossible I think ), back it or leave the bark on and shape the belly?
Logged

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3457
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2011, 03:46:00 PM »
What Hornbeam is it? Hopefully Hop.
Logged

Online Pat B

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 15027
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2011, 04:18:00 PM »
Scaley bark or smooth muscular looking bark?
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

Offline wildcat hunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 225
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2011, 04:58:00 PM »
Smooth muscular looking bark, lots of twists and dips in it.
Logged

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3457
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2011, 05:01:00 PM »
Sounds like blue beech to me.
Logged

Online Roy from Pa

  • Administrator
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ****
  • Posts: 20690
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2011, 05:05:00 PM »
Or Mongolian Tulip maybe?
Logged

Offline wildcat hunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 225
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2011, 05:22:00 PM »
OK, now you have me on google looking up trees. One site calls the Blue Beech - american hornbeam. And the picture on the site looks like the wood I have. The cut end of the tree is white and I see hop hornbeam is to be redish brown. Maybe what I have is not bowwood after all?
Logged

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3457
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2011, 05:32:00 PM »
American HB and blue beech are the same. Neither are very comparable to Hop hornbeam. I have seen bows from beech before. Give it a try. Peel the bark off and go to town after it dries for 3-4 months.
Logged

Offline wildcat hunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 225
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2011, 05:34:00 PM »
I guess I will, No use letting the wood go to waste. Thanks for the information.
Logged

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3457
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2011, 05:46:00 PM »
HHB looks allot like scaled-down shagbark after its 4-5" round. Similar leaves to elm and beech.
Logged

Offline wildcat hunter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 225
Re: HOW TO MAKE A BACK ON A HORNBEAN STAVE
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2011, 05:51:00 PM »
Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for the right stuff.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©