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Title: Bow limbs
Post by: bowhntrct on April 04, 2007, 10:55:00 PM

What wood  is considered to be the best limb material? Bamboo?Yew? .....

Title: Re: Bow limbs
Post by: Crooked Stic on April 05, 2007, 05:28:00 AM

Depends on who you ask.Both are great.Design plays the importance. For looks I would go with Yew.

Title: Re: Bow limbs
Post by: NDTerminator on April 05, 2007, 05:46:00 AM

I was told by a top bowyer that limb performance is a factor of design/glass, and within certain parameters the wood makes little difference.

That being said, it's pretty much a given that  some of the toughest & most durable limb woods include stuff such as bamboo, hickory, locust.  

Hard to beat yew or nicely figured elm for looks.
I personally like the looks of walnut limbs.

My next bow (on order and should be done sometime this Summer) is going to be made of a very fancy piece bocote (the bowyer and I selected the particular piece of wood from his stash) with bamboo fades and bocote veneers...