WillS
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I found an old thread on this a while ago (Yew Selfbow I think it was yours?) but wanted to rehash the topic as I've got a tonne of the stuff in nice wide straight logs. Rather than chopping into firewood I'm thinking of splitting and hand-planning into half inch shafts for heavy arrows but wanted to know if anybody's tried it yet?
YS you said on your thread a few years ago that you were letting them season before trying - did you get round to seeing what they're like?
From what I can tell from the few blanks I've sawn up so far it's remarkably similar to European aspen (populus tremula) in that it's got that soft, incredibly light quality, unlike "poplar" (tulipwood) which is somewhat harder, or pine/ceder etc.
YS you said on your thread a few years ago that you were letting them season before trying - did you get round to seeing what they're like?
From what I can tell from the few blanks I've sawn up so far it's remarkably similar to European aspen (populus tremula) in that it's got that soft, incredibly light quality, unlike "poplar" (tulipwood) which is somewhat harder, or pine/ceder etc.