dave_t_aber
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Hello,
Does anyone have any personal experince with english grown bow woods, such as english ash, yew, oak, hawthorn or apple?
I recently tried a flatbow out of english ash, but it snapped in the final stages of tillering, possibly as i had it too short or maybe it was too dry. I have tried elm, but I found it couldnt stand much compression, especially as the heartwood was too near the centre to be usable (Ie it would have been highly crowned).
I ask this as I would like to make a few bows out of proper english wood, as all the bow woods seem to be american, I cant think why this is, other than for traditional reasons.
I am going to try the ash flatbow again soon, but wider this time, and longer, as other than the snapping of the previous bow, it looked good, no string follow at all.
cheers
dave
Does anyone have any personal experince with english grown bow woods, such as english ash, yew, oak, hawthorn or apple?
I recently tried a flatbow out of english ash, but it snapped in the final stages of tillering, possibly as i had it too short or maybe it was too dry. I have tried elm, but I found it couldnt stand much compression, especially as the heartwood was too near the centre to be usable (Ie it would have been highly crowned).
I ask this as I would like to make a few bows out of proper english wood, as all the bow woods seem to be american, I cant think why this is, other than for traditional reasons.
I am going to try the ash flatbow again soon, but wider this time, and longer, as other than the snapping of the previous bow, it looked good, no string follow at all.
cheers
dave