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Wood for self warbow?
WillS:
The crazy Norwegians make Lilac warbows. I've never seen one, but I know that Daniel Taralrud has made some Lilac warbows.
toomanyknots:
Hey, I can jump in on this warbow testing with some amur honey suckle. I have a roughed out bow of it that has been sitting and seasoning since last year I believe. It has a bit of reflex in it, is around 75", and is definitely seasoned, so it should be a great test piece for it, to see what it can handle. I know it has been done once on paleoplanet a couple years ago, but I honestly was not too satisfied with the draw length in the full draw pictures I saw, they looked under drawn, and these were the only examples I have ever seen. They all had follow as well, but they all were made from deflexed staves anyway I believe ( I could be wrong about that ). I mean they looked like nice bows, I am just saying the wood didn't look like it was working very hard, and I am just curious what it can do and the abuse it can take because the stuff is harder than crap. Well, I mean it is reasonable tough, not tough like ipe or anything.
Badger:
Toomanyknotts, I think honeysuckle would make an outstanding warbow, I had a small 40" piece last month I was playing with, only a 3/4" diameter. I was able to get 50# out of it drawing 24". The high crown finaly lifted a big splinter but didn't have a catastrphic break. Very tough wood. It kind of remined me of ocean spray a little bit.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: Badger on November 26, 2013, 01:58:35 pm --- Toomanyknotts, I think honeysuckle would make an outstanding warbow, I had a small 40" piece last month I was playing with, only a 3/4" diameter. I was able to get 50# out of it drawing 24". The high crown finaly lifted a big splinter but didn't have a catastrphic break. Very tough wood. It kind of remined me of ocean spray a little bit.
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Sounds promising! I got another stave around 65" or so that is reasonably wide, with 4" reflex, that I think would make a great d bow. Was the honey suckle you used the bushy amur honey suckle? The stuff I got is non-porous as heck. It seems to loose moisture very slowly too, and take a long time to dry out.
AndiE:
Hi
A honeysuckle warbow??? You guys a crazy! ;D
We also have honeysuckle here in Germany but it goes dormant every year from october to april and so it never gets that thick. So there is unfortunately no chance for me to get this wood.
So ash, robinia/locust and maple/sycamore a better for warbows in flatbow shape!? What about osage than? The same? Than I will make those someday when I am through with all the other woods that fit with D-shape belly / a real english warbow design.
Here in Germany there are a few very good lilac bows but I have never seen a ELB or a warbow out of it.
Does anybody know whats the maximum possiple drawweight of a good quality hickory?
Kind regards
Andi
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