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Lucasade:
I just spent three months getting permission to cut this elm, but having cut it I'm worried about what's going on in the middle. Have I just spent a lot of effort finding some firewood?

Del the cat:
No problem!
It's naive to think trees grow with symmetrical concentric circular growth rings!
It looks great to me.
Although maybe you should ship it to Harlow just to be safe >:D
Just spend some time thinking about where to split it for best symmetry of staves.
that left side will have a nice tin layer of sapwood so it will have that cool Yew sap/heart appearance.
There are some pics of my Elm Warbow on this post, it shows the heart and sap wood...
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/how-to-smash-horsebow.html
Del

Lucasade:
I wasn't worried about the non concentric rings (that yew stave I put up a while ago split perfectly through all the funny bits) but the dark boundary between the sap and heart wood?

Shipping it to Harlow would probably be my wife's preferred option  ::)

Del the cat:
can't see what you are referring to... maybe a close up?
Your wife is obviously a woman of great discernment ;D
Del

adb:
Looks fine to me. Should be at least 4 staves there. Have fun splitting it... it's elm!!

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