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Title: natural camo limbs
Post by: kennym on March 11, 2007, 08:34:00 PM
Reckon these'll work? Been playin with grinding lams,never know whats in a board till you slice it open.......   :)  
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Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: MikeC on March 11, 2007, 08:37:00 PM
Bocate is about as good as it gets IMHO.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: BenBow on March 11, 2007, 10:01:00 PM
Kenny those are going to make a sweet looking bow. Make sure you post pictures
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: kennym on March 11, 2007, 10:13:00 PM
Mike,I've got an all bocote bow cept the boo core,they are cool!!

Galen,how ya doin? Liking NM? Thought I'd try my hand at grindin lams,prolly no $ savings,just build more bows!!
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: Terry_Green on March 12, 2007, 06:38:00 AM
Bocote's a great "natural camo" limb veneer.  I think my new Horne longbow goncalo alves limbs are pretty "woods natural camo", too ...

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Rob.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: Lewis Brookshire III on March 12, 2007, 08:42:00 AM
Kenny is that Bocote?? I have never seen bocote look like that.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: Jerry Jeffer on March 12, 2007, 09:29:00 AM
Looking good. You guys are making some nice stuff out there.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: kennym on March 12, 2007, 06:11:00 PM
Rob, those look better to me than my bocote,mines too black overall.....


Lewis,thats sposed to be black walnut,sure didn't look like that on the outside of the board!
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: Bodork on March 12, 2007, 07:21:00 PM
I think those will make awesome looking limbs. What beautiful grain. It'll look great when finished. Be sure to show us some pictures when you are finished. Mike
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: knife river on March 12, 2007, 09:43:00 PM
Might those lams have been from an air-dried board?  AD walnut can be full of surprising colors -- reds, purples, even hints of green.  The kiln drying process strips a LOT of color out of walnut.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: Sun Dog on March 12, 2007, 09:56:00 PM
Nice looking wood there Kenny.  Nick suggested we try to make it down to MO sometime around the end of March early April.  We'll have to stop in to see the new lam grinder and shoot some BS and a few arrows.
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: bentpole on March 13, 2007, 04:25:00 PM
MMMMMMMMM Bacote!Can't wait to see this baby Kenny
Title: Re: natural camo limbs
Post by: kennym on March 13, 2007, 09:00:00 PM
Mike,I will def. post pics when we get-r-done!!

Woody,its sposed to be kiln dried,a fellow bought it in KC and gave it to me for cuttin out some rack plaques,well worth the saw job!!

Eddie,bring those new bows and a crappie rod too.

Thomas,its sposed ta be walnut,but I like it!