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Elm?????????

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ozark caveman:
I have a very large piece of elm I'd like to try a warbow with. Will it work?

SimonUK:
I think the answer is yes although I've never done it myself.  It's supposed to be better than ash, but not quite as good as yew.

ozark caveman:
 It's a little higher crowned than I would like so I was wondering if I could go ahead and do a narrower Mary Rose design and still maintain a high draw weight with acceptable string follow? Thanks!

bootboy:
I was going to run an experiement with Hickory, I think it Will work man, but you just need to make the profile/tiller whatever its called square and flat bottomed then a ovoid /round beelied ywe profile PROFILE! thats the word.

joren1993:
im a bit late, maybe you found it out already for yourself.
but elm needs to be backed with something like ash or hickory.
In some cases you can make a elm selfbow, but then you'll need
very little grow rings pr inch.

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