Author Topic: YEW STAVES FOR TRADE (Read 989 times)

vanislebowyer · « **on:** July 03, 2009, 09:08:00 PM »

hEY everybody,

I live on Vancouver Island, where Yew grows all over the place, and i have a huge harvest of about 50 good staves. Some have knots, but the trees were all STRAIGHT. I'm looking for a trade ... any ideas?

This stave is NOT cracked, although it looks like it...that's just a step down from bucking it with a handsaw!

turkey522 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2009, 08:40:00 AM »

What are you looking to trade for.What are the lenghts of the staves.

Terry

fujimo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2009, 08:41:00 AM »

hi
wayne here from southern alberta.
what would you like to trade, got lots of rawhide , deer and beef.
beef sinew,
make saddles and saddlery equipment, so have a full leather workshop, if you would like something in leather- quivers etc
i spin up my own shafts,
and cut, temper and harden my own trade points.
also hunting available in s.w. alberta, i work in the ranching community, so have tons of access.
would love to chat further
[email protected]
wayne

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2009, 09:03:00 AM »

turkey 522:

the staves are ~72 " long...

i am interested in: sinew, b50 string, osage staves, arrows, broadheads, knives, tools, quivers, bracers....

fujimo:

dude, let's talk quivers/bracers, eh...can i see pics of your work? Also, a couple tillering cups to fit over the ends of staves, made of sturdy leather, would be great...

Scott

wisconsin wood butcher · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2009, 09:24:00 AM »

any interest in elk leg sinew?

Diamondback59 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:07:00 PM »

hey bro drop me a pm i got tons of osage and other wood i can trade brock

DVSHUNTER · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:09:00 PM »

I can make you sompe strings

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:35:00 PM »

dvs hunter: if you send me two 1/4 lb rolls of b50, red and black, i'll send you a stave.

To figure shipping, we each pay the shipping for what we receive. We calculate it and then send the difference. That will probably mean you sending me money for shipping (the difference) and when i receive that I'll send your stave. Sound good? Be good if we both received our items around the same time.

Scott

DVSHUNTER · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:51:00 PM »

van, I sent you a pm.

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2009, 10:59:00 PM »

hey guys, thanks for all the interest! This is going to be great for all of us!

I've been busy today, trimming the ends, sealing them with tb2, and cataloguing them according to quality (1s and 2s)...each stave is measured for length, width, and height, and weighed so i can track the moisture content.

I have gone through 28 staves so far. That's all i can do today. But of those 28, 10 have 2 bows in them. That means 38 bows worth of wood so far. I took some pictures of the cut-off ends to post, so you could see the size, shape, and ring count, but my camera just died so i can't post anything right now. The ring count is pretty high, though, especially through the sapwood/heartwood transition area.

You men are going to be happy with this yew.

So far nothing longer than 75". Mostly 70 or 71. Next weekend, though, i am going after some longer logs and in a couple weeks i'll post pics of warbow-quality staves.

Research their value on the web, and get back to me with your offers. I look forward to trading with all of you.

Scott

tim roberts · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2009, 02:11:00 PM »

I would be interested in doing some tradin what else are you needin?

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2009, 03:55:00 PM »

whatcha got? so far i've got staves of elm, black locust, osage, and HHB coming my way...handmade arrows...sinew...leather products...i'd like some wicked sharp broadheads, say a dozen...or some C******Y...or a damascus hunting knife...i'd trade 2 for a good damascus hunting knife...

Scott

Lewis Brookshire III · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:38:00 PM »

PM sent

marlon · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:07:00 AM »

Scott let me know find warbow staves looking 80" is to build 160# bow.

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:49:00 AM »

marlon,

i'll be going back for more next week (after i mail out all these suckers!) and i'll definitely be cutting some 7 foot sections for warbows...

Stefan · « **Reply #15 on:** July 06, 2009, 03:07:00 PM »

can you send me a stave to germany , i can pay the shiping costs with paypal ore Visa!

bigcountry · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:05:00 PM »

I don't think I ever seen bark on yew looking like that. My yew has always been smooth.

Here is a stave I was debarking.

vanislebowyer · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:36:00 PM »

no, maybe i really am as dumb as a bag of hammers.

I wonder if the bark comes to look that way over time, because there are definitely lots of reds in the bark of these logs. How old is your stave?

Scott

bigcountry · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:13:00 PM »

This stave was cut by a friend in WA state and dried one year.

formerbutcher · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:58:00 PM »

It's not Yew, it's cedar.

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