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Terrible Tiller Cascara Warbow Experiment

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duffontap:

--- Quote from: SimonUK on August 05, 2007, 04:47:22 pm ---Amazing, that's bent almost into a semi-circle. Was it seasoned at all? Try shooting it!

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Hey Simon,  It wasn't well seasoned, but it had been cut for a about 6 weeks.  If it was seasoned more, a little longer and tillered more evenly, I'd bet you could get a Mary Rose weight bow (you know, 130-150#  ;) ) without more than 2" of set.  It's not Yew, but it does have some of those light, elastic qualities.  It also makes great flight bows--I'm told.  I'll have to shoot it and see what happens. 

                      J. D.

Marc St Louis:
That is indeed a good wood. Makes a good bow and is good for constipation as well :)

Yeomanbowman:

--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on August 07, 2007, 02:14:06 pm ---That is indeed a good wood. Makes a good bow and is good for constipation as well :)

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I agree, tillering to 34" at over 100lbs on a 74" stave would certainly cure constipation if I had it too! :o :
Freaky stuff Josh, nice one.  I must Wikipedia that wood up.
Cheers,
Jeremy

SimonUK:
Jeremy, I already did. It's in the same family as hawthorn and blackthorn. The species asier was talking about do exist here but not in Scotland  :(

heavybow:
Josh maybe the next one will turn out better. Still a nice bow. marlon

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