featherwood

SL · March 20, 2012, 07:48:00 PM

I have a monarch longbow that has green dyed feather wood for the limbs. Very pretty and somewhat unique. Does anyone know what feather wood actually is, maybe hickory cut cross grain?
SL

kennym · March 20, 2012, 08:02:00 PM

Pics, please!!

:D

SL · March 20, 2012, 08:18:00 PM

Here you go Kennym

kennym · March 20, 2012, 09:26:00 PM

Looks like some American elm ?? Not sure tho.

kennym · March 20, 2012, 09:31:00 PM

After lookin that up, I think I'm wrong on that!

SL · March 20, 2012, 09:45:00 PM

I thought it was elm also at first but the grain is pretty course for elm. Somebody must know.
I might pick up a scrap of hickory and cut it to see what it looks like angle cut.
SL

kennym · March 20, 2012, 09:53:00 PM

My kiln guy gave me a pc of pi$$ elm that had the featrhery small grain like that, but after reading the properties of it, I never used it in a bow....

2treks · March 20, 2012, 10:16:00 PM

Like this??

Osagetree · March 21, 2012, 03:21:00 AM

Nice!

Prairie Drifter · March 21, 2012, 08:37:00 AM

Maybe vera wood?

2treks · March 21, 2012, 10:32:00 AM

The pic I posted is American Elm. Sometimes called Gray Elm.

SL · March 21, 2012, 07:51:00 PM

that could be it Chuck, It might be cut slightly different but it looks a lot like it.
SL

SL · March 21, 2012, 07:52:00 PM

I'll try to get a better picture up this weekend.