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Martin Wallgren:
I have started an experimental project making a 100# WB out of Bird Cherry also known as Hackberry. Does anyone have any experience with Hackberry? I imagine I have to heatreat it a bit. So far I´m only in the stage of a rough cut of the stave. The wood has a quite destinct difference between the sapwood and the heartwood. The heartwood seems simillar to Ash in dencity and feel when I work it.

Futher on I post some pictures of the project.

okie64:
Im not a warbow guy but I have built a couple of hackberry bows around 55- 60# or so. It makes a very fast, smooth shooting bow. It is soft, light wood that does need to be heat-treated to keep from taking too much set. I am very interested to see how this warbow turns out so keep us posted on your progress. Good Luck

Agincourtwarbow:
A buddy of mine made a beautiful Hackberry warbow last year of about 100lbs. Quite big in mass, it seems to preform similarly to elm with distance. I can't tell you much about working the wood as I have never made anything with it myself, but it is at least good up past 100lbs.
Hope this helps, cheers,
-Jake

DarkSoul:
Bird cherry is not the same as Hackberry. Not at all. The two wood species have very different characteristics. Can you post the scientific name of the wood you're talking about? If you have no clue, you could post a close-up of the  wood so we can identify it.

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