Harvesting Black Locust Bow Staves. Part 2. Cutting and sealing the logs.

In this video I explain and show how I cut and seal my logs for bow staves.

[@SCM223]

I learned a lot from your video, thanks man.

[@ashcraftoutdoorswithchrisd1451]

Brandon Hall you’re welcome. I’m glad it helped someone. I love sharing what I know wether people care to learn or not haha. Currently trying to figure out how to upload some live Facebook videos I made to help people with flint knapping. Hopefully I can figure that one out soon or I’ll have to re-due them all. 😂

[@tonymaurice4157]

​@@ashcraftoutdoorswithchrisd1451 You come across tree staves that are 80" inches?

[@HinduBoy]

ya like folks needing a chainsaw for everything... #paleologic

[@Dollapfin]

Where do you live? I am planning on planting a few hundred of these guys and wanna know when they’ll be a usable size. What kind of diameter would a 10y/o tree be?

[@ashcraftoutdoorswithchrisd1451]

Matthew Niedbala I live in Kansas. They can be used after a few years. At ten years they will be the diameter of a basketball to bigger. Just depends on the conditions they were grown in. It is about the fastest growing hardwood I know of. Grows about as fast as cottonwood.

[@blackforest2417]

Your chain is not sharp. That's horrible to hear but your ideas are amazing 🤝💪

[@christinenorriss9675]

Could you not split the logs out on site? Would be lighter!..

[@RobGraham048]

great video. just bought some land and have a lot of black lotus trees there.

[@ashcraftoutdoorswithchrisd1451]

Hey thanks rob. They are great trees. Good for building with. Making bows. Great for smoking food and such as well.

[@ashcraftoutdoorswithchrisd1451]

Anthony Maurice I do. I have around 50-80 staves right now that have been drying around a year and a half now. Most are around 8-9 foot long. Planning on cutting another 50-100 this fall.

[@davidprocter3578]

you need a carpet barrow to shift those logs.