this is an amazing tutorial and a beautiful bow. even the "bowyer's bible" series of books do not address this wood in detail for bow making. Check us out on Facebook! Bows should be built as high as the height of the user to give the best results. It has some small knots. Was cut (live tree) 3-2021. Mr. Hans Schuurman was nice enough to allow me to put his manual on making a longbow on my page, and Mr. Dick De Bruin was nice enough to translate the manual to English for me. If a locust bow is tillered perfectly and still develops frets, this is locusts way of saying we havent designed the bow properly for its weight, length and draw. This was my first attemt at making a bow. Types of Wood: Osage Orange. Dear John, I am trying to make my first bow and I am using black locust. A Basic Method For Making Self Bows. Pine Hollow Longbows. The short osage you see there is wide and will eventually, when spliced, make a 5 foot bow. If ash or hickory wood, cut green and dried indoors is best. bower4311. Not as common as black locust. Its sapwood is about twice as thick as that of black locust. Self-pollination rarely occurs. Do a google search for "black locust self bows" and maybe your opinion of black locust might change. And Other Woods. lots of articles on osage orange and hickory self bows in the USA but few using black locust. For the past few years I've used my black locust self-bow which is 47# at 25". Their best part is the inner heartwood and not the outer sapwood which must be removed immediately or eventually. Mulberry. 1) Find a nice, straight limb about 5 or 6 feet long, preferably dead and standing of locust, mulberry or Osage. Reply. Black locust: An excellent limbwood, although I don't find it especially pretty, it is easy to get. Find More Posts by ��� Black locusts reproduce asexually using root suckers. Out on the West Coast of the United States, people have reported good luck with Juniper and Bay Laurel. Since that time, Shade has become known as a skilled Cherokee bow maker who now only hunts with bows he has made from bois d���arc and black locust. If you ever get the itch to do something different try your hand at making a Self Bow. Black locust is good , but nothing beats hickory and Osage Orange, IMO. The premium bow woods Osage Orange and Yew require special preparation and I am not considering them here. As in Bow and Arrow. Bow woods fall into 2 general categories as to how they are treated. the fist one I am making is a D shaped bow because the stave didnt allow me the max width 1 & 3/4" which were the dimensions I was following fom thebeckoning.com website. The bow now shoots v. well, but is terribly dependent on the glue layer (shake tremble!). 63.5" long. Up for auction is this BLACK LOCUST walking stick blank. Modulus of elasticity is 1,63; Black locust ��� an excellent wood for bows. In the days before the invention of barbed wire, settlers used hedgerows of the thorny osage orange tree. It is 64 inches long, and 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 inches in diameter. Not very attractive. Ditto. The locust stave is a classroom. Bows built by professional bow manufacturers are very expensive and are ��� I make the handle to my comfort or the comfort of the person to receive the bow. Hedgerow Selfbows - Osage Orange Bow Staves and Blanks. They both could be treated as Osage in the above paragraph, and yield good results. Root suckers can develop spontaneously, or following damage to the tree. I just realized this is the composite bow forum and perhaps self bow posts are not allowed in here? We're also hunters and trappers. Black Locust, Red Mulberry, White Ash, Hickory A BASIC METHOD FOR MAKING SELF BOWS. I have many exotic woods that I'll be trying. Our first love here at Pine Hollow Longbows is traditional archery. Yew. One of the most essential pieces to learning how to play the violin is having a bow. The suckers themselves are stems that grow above ground from existing roots and can develop into new trees. ���I believe that Cherokees have always used black locust because it was plentiful in the East, but after we came to Oklahoma I think that bois d���arc was used more because it was easier to find and was good for bow making.��� We have about 200 plus Black Locust trees on our property and we have been kicking around ideas where to market these other then firewood. 05-17-2011, 07:25 PM #12. We specialize in self-bows, long bows, flat bows, and recurve bows. Welcome to our website. The bowyer cuts and splits the wood into 4 inch sections (or so). 178 talking about this. Honey locust ��� relatively heavy and hard. The wood came from a black locust tree cut in early July, about 2 inches diameter at the top end, split in half with a combination of sawing and wedge. Send a private message to burniegoeasily. From: George Tsoukalas Date: 18-Sep-20 i finally got a chance to hunt a little. I made a honey locust self bow some years ago over a protracted period of time (too many things going on at once). 1) Find a nice, straight limb about 5 or 6 feet long, preferrably dead and standing if locust, mulberry or Osage (fence posts are great). Does not apply. Ps: Be sure seal your wood again after you worked it down to a chonky bow, I do that to be a bit extra safe. Modulus of elasticity is 2,05; Osage orange ��� has excellent recovery speed. Modulus of elasticity is 2.05 Honey locust: A relatively heavy and hardwood that can have an attractive color and figure. A bow is the long, slim wooden piece with a string attached to it that is pulled across the strings on the violin to create musical sounds and melodies. But for now, here's a vanity shot of staves I have purchased for making into self bows. I am extremely grateful to them for helping me out with letting people know about longbows. Whatever wood is used, make sure that it is an inch thick in diameter, about 5 to 6 feet long, and is easily bendable. The longer the wood dried the more vertical/longitudinal cracking occured on the back of the bow. If ash or hickory, wood cut green and dried indoors is best. Time consuming but lots of fun. It is not possible to remove the basic grown shape of a stave with heat completely, but isn´t the bow charming? It has a bright orange-yellow colour which darkens with age. I see a lot of fence posts and split rail fences made out of it. Black locust, osage, mulberry, etc are considered heartwoods. Happy bidding and thank you. The Maples, the Oaks, Beech, Black Locust (Robina Pseudoscacia) or Honey Locust all work, and many other. Traditional Archery: Part 2 ��� Wood Types and Backings - Wolf & Iron burniegoeasily. Much good building and shooting! From left to right: Red Elm, Black Walnut, Black Locust, and 3 Osage. Very many thanks for ��� Date: 03-Dec-09. A working black locust bow drawing 47lbs at 26���: still a little tillerwork to do- the bow looks fine- still a bit twisted. There is also the risk, that they too will check badly if dried too quickly. Art of bow-making Handmade in Poland Some of my work here "Every good bow is a work of love" Black Locust and Mulberry are similar to Osage Orange in one respect. I made this bow a few years ago. View Public Profile. Our goal is to provide you with the best in traditional archery, primitive archery, self bows, self-bow classes, and all the traditional archery equipment and supplies you could want. i started reading this because i wish to make a black locust bow; i have a good stand of it on my property. For ordering contact Bowyer Bill Darr directly at 954-254-6067 with any questions regarding a custom bow order, we can match equipment to your individual needs. BTW, I rescued the black locust/rawhide combo by shaving out under the chrysals and glueing two shaped facing layers of bamboo on, then re-tillering. Modulus of elasticity unknown. A Black Locust (1 3/4") or osage bow (1 1/2") would be more narrow) and taper it to one finger width (index finger) at the tip. Back to home page Return to top. Black Locust and Osage are great for that. Most trees range from 30 to 60 foot in length and 6 ��� If you wish to have multiple items shipped in one package, I will adjust shipping costs accordingly. We are small home crafters of artisan quality osage orange bow making products. Modulus of elasticity is 1.63 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Visit Homepage Senior Member Join Date Nov 2004 Location Port ��� Be sure to search the sub for Black Locust, I've responded in a few of the most recent threads on it with info which might help you. You name it we can create it! ... One of the most common modes of failure of self bows which are made from imperfect wood is rupture of the fibers on the back of the bow. They all have a thinner white sapwood, and a thick dark heart wood. Our name comes from the places we find a lot of our osage orange. Note the layer of sapwood immediately above the heartwood but only because I did not have enough heartwood for the bow. This may seam like it if not wide enough, but just check it against bows you already have and you can see the similarities. David . Even a dried 2" thick board will work if the grain is straight and properly oriented in the board. Ive never used black locust, but ive seen lots of selfbowsmade with it. Jay Greer. However, bows can be made from oak, yew, teak, elm, hickory, black locust and hazel depending on their availability. Heat- treating is a number one tool for to make a bow working with a correct tiller, that´s one purpose of it. Enter ye traveleres of goode hearte. Can have attractive colour and figure. THANK YOU, GUYS! Joined Aug 15, 2012. bower4311 ArboristSite Operative. LOCUST, honey .66 A little less dense than black locust.. One of the prettier woods. Ash. I have been making them for almost 30 years now.
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