Has anyone ever used or seen used olive wood for any bow related projects? I was watching some wood carving videos on YouTube (anyone else also very interested in hand carving/axe carving also?) and I found a guy making a kuksa from olive wood. Man that is a beautiful wood and I have never seen it used for much of anything, but could absolutely see it in use as a riser, maybe if it’s not strong enough just as an outer portion with a g10 spine? Maybe a special order might be in my future!!!!
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Olive wood
Has anyone ever used or seen used olive wood for any bow related projects? I was watching some wood carving videos on YouTube (anyone else also very interested in hand carving/axe carving also?) and I found a guy making a kuksa from olive wood. Man that is a beautiful wood and I have never seen it used for much of anything, but could absolutely see it in use as a riser, maybe if it’s not strong enough just as an outer portion with a g10 spine? Maybe a special order might be in my future!!!!
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In Italy, you can find all kinds of home utensils carved out of it. Because of its high oil it does well getting wet in the kitchen and getting washed. I had Big jim do laminations for one of my Bows, I think the problem is that because it’s so high oil sometimes it bubbles under the varnish it needs to be dried very very well
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures. One of our local California bowyers who passed away a few years back used olive wood for limb veneers and some risers. He apparently has olive trees on his property. Beautiful stuff. Wish I still had his bow. His name was Bill Price. Maybe there's some online pictures out there?
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