What is BOAM wood?

[Shaun]

In these old hunting bow plans posted by onemississip a couple days ago it mentions using YEW, OSAGE, LEMONWOOD and BOAM. Never heard of BOAM! Any one have info on this?

http://www.vintageprojects.com/archery/hunting-bow.pdf

[James Wrenn]

It is a mystery that has haunted the internet sites for a number of years.:)There have been a number of threads on the other site looking the same info but the last I recall nothing was ever answered but guess work.

[Jim now in Kentucky]

Yeah, I started most of those other threads. I'm still disgusted that I can't find out what Sam Brown was talking about. Best guess in the last go-round was persimmon.

Don't you just hate unsolved mysteries?

[Bjorn]

It is more nefarious than 'cow tipping'!