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AndrewS:
@Jamie
Thanks!

I am fascinated of cherry bark since I have seen my first bow backed with cherry bark. It was a yew longbow from John Strunk in the middle of the 90th. My first bow I backed with cherry bark was  build 5 or 6 years later - and I am still looking to find more of this stuff ;)

GregB:

Very nice bow Andrew, shows lots of skill and craftmanship! I have some wild cherry tops where I recently had some woods timbered. Never have attempted to use wild cherry for anything but firewood I'm afraid. :)

Please say hello to Marius for me, and check out the bow I gave him...it's the one that took "two deer", he'll know what you mean! ;D

Oh, Justin probably hasn't had the chance to send the bows to him yet...

Pat B:
Greg, The cherry that Andrew is using is different than our Black Cherry(Prunus serotina). The stuff I used was called choke cherry but I don't know the botanical name.Once that bark is scrubbed with steel wool it is hard, shiny and copper colored. Around here it only grows at high altitudes(5000') along the Blue Ridge Parkway and The National Park Service frown on folks harvesting stuff. ;)   Pat

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