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Is this 80# board bow warbow possible?

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fishfinder401:
to tell you the truth i would leave it that length, might sacrifice some performance, but to me longer bows feel better to draw

markinengland:
80# should be possible with Ash and Elm if the grain is good. In the UK they used to make elm backed ash longbows when other woods were in short supply after WW2. A friend made a good Ash warbow of around 90lb, heat treated and fairly square section.
Mark in England

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: occupant on September 12, 2012, 10:43:11 pm ---"Heat treating is probably not authentic on english type bows".
                                                                                                               I     believe it is. Also my experience with elm is that it will soon pick up lots of set if not heat treated.
                                                          Erik
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