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Marc St Louis:
This particular bow that I recently made for a young man in AR is made from Elm.  The first few rings under the bark were very thin and I didn't feel comfortable with them for the back.  I chased 5 or 6 rings till I finally got one that I felt comfortable with, it was about 1/8" thick, the change in color from the early wood to the late wood makes chasing a ring on Elm relatively easy.  Besides that the wood was very nice and clean with a slight kink near one end.  The bow is 1 3/8" wide and 69" N to N.  It pulls 80# @ 32" which is what he wanted.  I know that many will disagree with this but in some ways good Elm make a better Warbow than Yew

Badger:
   Very impressive mark, as usual tiller looks flawless. Steve

Josh:
nice bow Marc!   :) -josh

Cooper:
that is not a nice bow - it is a strongbow - cheers   

Josh:
strong bow then, Marc!   ^^^^^^^^ ::)  -josh

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