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Toughest bow wood...

Started by gobblegrunter, January 08, 2011, 08:49:00 PM

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Sixby

KIrk times two. Exactly what I alluded to.

God bless, Steve

Lee Robinson .

Thanks for the kind words guys. I don't get around on the boards as often as I use to.
Until next time...good shooting,
Lee

Mike Mecredy

To that question, you'll get as many opinions as you will member that read it.
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USAF, Retired
A.C.B.C.S.

Hud

According to Dan Bertalan in Traditional Bowyers of America, he quoted Dick Robertson, saying Black Locust was the best core wood (laminations) due to its brending strength, and Red Elm had very good strength either flat grain, or cross grain. He thought Osage was the strongest for risers, and used grain parallel to the string in heavy weight bows (1st Ed. pg 340 - 341).  Lately, he has been using bamboo laminations and has changed the limb tapers in the both longbow and recurve to achieve desirable characteristics in his bows.
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**DONOTDELETE**

Black Locust?....Core wood???  Interesting.... i just found a piece of that stuff in my wood bin that i forgot about.... might have to give that a try...

bamboo

black locust makes a great core
Mike


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