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7th February 2018, 09:22 PM
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camera was acting up a bit.. but i think you can see it... the lighter area is the back of the spear i am holding.
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8th February 2018, 09:51 AM
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Here is a palm wood club but it does not appear to be the same as the "black" palm wood having a similar structure as the examples you show. A quick research the species of black palm is Astrocaryum standleyanum. The black palm in this link is the same as the black club illustrated earlier.
https://www.woodshopnews.com/news/qu...nes-black-palm Last edited by Tim Simmons; 8th February 2018 at 10:08 AM. |
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19th February 2018, 03:08 AM
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I've made things out of palm wood... what I've seen is the outer part is darker and harder and the inner part lighter and more pithy/crumbly I think...
many older examples of clubs, bows, etc all use the dark outer part if possible, many tourist oriented bows and clubs have plenty of the "whiter" part. I have two bows, possibly both made by Yanomamo, but one is older and was clearly made for hunting and the bow is stronger and is mostly black palmwood, and the other is weaker, and have lots of the inner light streaks |
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