Bamboo for Bhutanese bow?

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:09 am

Anyone have any idea if it is possible to obtain bamboo suitable for Bhutanese bows?

Not to make this simple it would have to be able to get it into EU. EU has criminalized private imports of wood without official paperwork of heat treatment, so customs mail are likely to confiscate any wood import, and I think this does apply bamboo.

(I am not looking forward to buy this kind of bow.)

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:17 pm

I did found this, only to notice it is out of stock.
http://www.ukbamboo.com/split-bamboo-poles/guadua.html

The good news is that they are going to get more, the bad news it takes 3 months.

Sorry, not until the end of May.

Kenneth Downing
[email protected]

KenH · Post by **KenH** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:17 pm

A more EU source might be Bamboo Jungle in Belgium:
[email protected]

Here's another UK Source:
http://www.bs-bamboo.co.uk/bamboo-slats.html

If you'd like to become a Guadua Bamboo distributor:
http://www.guaduabamboo.com/bamboo-distributors.html

Me in Florida? I just go down the street and cut a couple culms from the stand there...

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:04 pm

BS (bull shit?) bamboo looks like it is selling Moso. It has crappy inside and usually thin wall.
(It is good for bamboo backing and double bamboo bows)

They have 120-140mm category, but their product is 3m with ?75 minimum purchase. I would assume that it takes 150? with shipping (long packages are usually notariously expensive to ship, even if light) and I do not wish to store "kilometers" of bamboo.

Bamboojungle web pages do not have prices, so I guess that they
are more like a distributor than shop.

If you'd like to become a Guadua Bamboo distributor

No thanks. But If you know their resellers in EU, do tell me.

Me in Florida? I just go down the street and cut a couple culms from the stand there...

I only needed to drive 150km from capital to buy cheap (65? for 30, waste abt 40%) 10x45x1800 mm moso bamboo planks, and they are good for backs and bellies, but not for self bows.

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:15 am

I found this one. Google translates it just fine.
http://www.bamboebouw.eu/Products/237/1 ... -12-14-cm/

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:57 pm

jkekoni wrote:I did found this, only to notice it is out of stock.
http://www.ukbamboo.com/split-bamboo-poles/guadua.html

The good news is that they are going to get more, the bad news it takes 3 months.

Sorry, not until the end of May.

Kenneth Downing
[email protected]

End of may has been reached.

I have asked the situation. The email has not been answered.

The web show still shows out of stock.

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:21 am

Still out of stock...

jkekoni · Post by **jkekoni** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:47 pm

jkekoni wrote:I did found this, only to notice it is out of stock.
http://www.ukbamboo.com/split-bamboo-poles/guadua.html

The good news is that they are going to get more, the bad news it takes 3 months.

Sorry, not until the end of May.

Kenneth Downing
[email protected]

I is now half a year since the time it was supposed to arrive. No news have been given. My mail has not been replied and it still shows out of stock.