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Offline ballen28115

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NC Piedmont: Commonly available self bow woods?
« on: April 22, 2009, 01:22:00 PM »
Maybe I should have stayed in Kansas where I had access to all the osage a guy could ever ask for.  But I live just north of Charlotte NC now and the bowyer bug has bitten me.  Can anyone point me in the direction of some good commonly available selfbow woods I could find around here?
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Offline mwmwmb

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Re: NC Piedmont: Commonly available self bow woods?
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 01:46:00 PM »
i would think that many of the oaks and Hickories would work. dont know what your particular area is like though.
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Offline michaelschwister

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Re: NC Piedmont: Commonly available self bow woods?
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 06:40:00 PM »
Osage can be found in the NC/SC area, but it is rare. The best easy to find wood is Pignut (Smoothbark) Hickory. Problem with it is getting it down under 5% moisture, which is essential to getting the most out of its potential. Find someone on this site and hook up on a day trip for osage cutting. You can find a bunch in the northern shenandoah valley near Winchester, and the Tennesse/Kentucky area.
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