I have fished my entire life and know the value of color, flash and presentation when trying to lure a fish into striking. I feel a bit like a fish right now. While trolling through the threads here on Tradgang I was struck by the glimmer and color of a bait cast by a Master Angler (by the way Curt makes Amazing Exotic Wood Fishing nets). I followed the bait and after a few tentative passes found out that Curt has been building bows for quite a while. He posted some pictures of a Bow he build for one of our soldiers and well, the hook was set
I have marveled at the woods displayed by Curt. He seems to have a talent for finding the perfect woods that display only what can be described as dazzling displays of Gods Grace! I have copied every post and saved pictures of his woods to help in my choices for other bow builds.
I Love Walnut and Myrtle in all their forms and there are many. Having been a Walnut grower for years I have a particular soft spot and appreciation for it. Curt seems to have a similar connection to these same woods and is a master at finding their secrets.
A while back he posted a picture of a 3pc bow (the soldier’s) that had a very smooth flow and lacked the hardware seen on most other 3pc takedowns. I like the fluid lines of 1pc longbows but also like the portability of 2pc and 3pc bows for travel. It's great to throw a bow in your suit case and hit the road. Curt's bow maintains some of the seamless flow of a one piece and does so with his amazing wood treasures.
Curt found some Walnut very near my Orchard in Northern California. He also found both English and Black samples and sent me pictures. I don't want to sound like Cliff from Cheers but it's interesting to note that most of the older Walnut Orchards would use a Black Walnut root and then would graft an English top to it (in my case Franquette's “it's a variety of walnut"). The English Root can't take having its feet in American soil and is susceptible to Crown Rot
True story!! The American black root is much hardier and resilient. The English varieties bare the nut and are fed by the black root. The cool thing for those of us who obsess over amazing woods is the struggle that occurs at the point of the graft sometimes and makes some Amazing Wild burls and Crazy grain patterns (pressure spot? they kind of go to war). Well Curt is the proverbial Crazy Wood blood hound.
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