[Steppes] Osage harvesting (was Steppes Bowyers Guild)

[Jack Spinks]

It is indigenous and the name "bois d'arc" is from French explorers noting
its use for bows- particularly the Osage Indians- which is where is gets the
Osage reference.

----- Original Message -----
From: Brent Ryder <borekvv at hotmail.com>
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Osage harvesting (was Steppes Bowyers Guild)


>As for burning your better off with hickory; you'd
>have better luck getting a brick to catch fire then
>osage. The pieces too small for bows make good
>woodcrafting/carving pieces as osage is very very
>tough and pretty once polished.

Is Osage a tree in use in Europe during our period, or just indigenous to
North America?

Borek (too lazy to look up the answer online at the moment ;)


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