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Prarie Bowyer:
Hey guys,

I'm working an a bamboo backed birch plain old bow.  I glued in some reflex into the whole thing.  I was wondering if a flat bow or the rounded ELB sort of cross section would work best.  It's 70" tip to tip.

I used a piece of verticaly split bamboo.  I hate to waste teh strip so I'm covering it with faux copperhead.

Anyway I envision a mini ELB.  My hope is that the string follow will leave me straight.

Or should I aim for a flat bow?  I've had excelent luck with hickory flat bows in ELB proportions.  Quick little bows to put togeather and people seem to snap them up.

Ringeck85:
I haven't heard of birch being used for a longbow wood (though I think it was used in horn-sinew-wood composites like those that the Mongols made? or was that another wood. . .); I say go for it!

adb:
Birch works as bow wood, and I've used it, but it needs to be wide and flat.

Prarie Bowyer:
Thanks,

I decided I was being lazy and I'll split the backing off and give it a go with a different design.  Skinny and flat not as good.  Pluss I got in a hurry and gave it a hinge.  Hickory is a dream to work for tillering.  hard to screw it up.

Del the cat:
Blimey, I'd think the boo would overpower the birch big time... but hey, until you try it who knows.
Del

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