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    • rayborbon
        November 13, 2009 at 2:04 am
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        #7239

        Vine maple self bow which I carved up this spring.

        I have taken nothing with it yet. About 58-60 lbs draw @ 28 inches.

      • William Warren
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          November 13, 2009 at 3:59 am
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          #59745

          Ray,

          Nice work! That is a good looking self bow. Does the vine maple grow locally where you live and were you able to harvest your own wood?

          Duncan

        • rayborbon
            November 13, 2009 at 4:37 am
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            #59788

            Hello Duncan,

            I did not personally harvest this wood. However it would be pretty easy to do so if I put some effort into it. There are at least 5 batches around the building where I live. This grows all over this region but picking out a good lot is not as easy as finding just any. You just have to pay attention for proper diameter and be lucky to split a piece that is not twisted up inside.

            If I was going to harvest some I would look for some about stove pipe’s diameter , few knots as possible and straight as I could find. Finding some which is suitable may or may not take some time. However if someone offers up some good wood I am not going to turn it down.

            -R

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