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Elm Stave

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toomanyknots:
The member nidrinir on paleoplanet ( his website is http://wwwnorwegeanwarbows,com// ) has made a good amount of elm warbows, of incredible weights. I remember a couple he posted with a bit of brown heartwood on the belly. I have also seen Druid on here post some very nice elm warbows, I think with a touch of heartwood here and there, if I remember correctly. I myself have no experience with elm, the only elm I ever cut checked too bad to make a bow, :(. You might be able to contact one of those guys though and pick their brain about it?

Del the cat:
This thread has made me start on a nice Elm 1/4 log I was given, nice thin sapwood. Should look like 'poor mans Yew' :laugh:
I've got a few warbows in the pipeline.
Del

meanewood:
I have only made one bow so far from elm and was surprised that the draw weight only came in at 65lb at 31in. The bow is 36mm x28mm in the handle and is 74in NTN. It is very light though so I'm going to up the width and thickness a lot in order to get around the 100lb mark!

mikekeswick:
Umm interesting.
At those dimensions I would have expected a heavier weight.
I'm making a 120# @ 30 elm longbow for a customer at the momnet and it has similar handle dimensions (of course what is happening in the rest of the limbs matters somewhat!).
It is 78 inch long and 1 1/2 wide by 1 1/8 thick at the handle.

meanewood:
Yes, I suppose this must come down to its density. It is light so perhaps I'll get different results with my next stave!
Is there much difference between elm and wytch elm?

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