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ERC Warbow
SimonUK:
Beautiful bow with a faultless tiller...
ERC is eastern red cedar? It looks just like yew - does the sapwood have the same properties as yew sapwood i.e. high tensile strength? You guys in the US are so lucky having so may types of bow wood.
Kviljo:
That's HUGE! ;D
And very pretty too :)
Justin Snyder:
Impressive Marc, I have not tried ERC yet. I keep reading about how brittle it is and how you need to back it to get 60#. I guess the same rules don't apply if you double the weight. :D I love the color. Justin
Loki:
Beautiful colour's and a stunning Bow!
Marc St Louis:
Thanks guys.
The only species I have tried for a warbow is HHB, Yew and now ERC.
No I don't have anything on my site cowboy. Not that hard though. Drill a conical hole in the horn and shape the limb tip to match. You must make sure the taper of the cone is shallow enough that the string groove is cut about half way down the matching cone on the bow.
The sapwood is more elastic than the heartwood on ERC Simon. Elasticity is what you need here.
It's the heartwood that is brittle in tension Justin
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