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alanesq:

I am just in the middle of making a self wych elm bow
so any advice on profile etc. would be much appreciated

outcaste:

--- Quote from: Loki on December 28, 2008, 03:08:13 pm ---You can use Elm to make a Bow what the Welsh used but it wouldnt look anything like a English WarBow,they were different you know? ???

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How so? A friend of mine made a good wych elm bow (112lbs@32, I think) and the profile was similar to some MR patterns, squarish,flatish section. I would be interested on what you thought were the differences between a Welsh and English Warbow though.
Cheers,
Alistair

alanesq:
Hi :-)

Do you know what the dimensions of the 112lb bow were?

I am hoping for 130lb but I dont know how feasible this goal is?
I have just about managed 120 from ash so am hoping this will go that bit further?

Far East Archer:

--- Quote from: joren1993 on December 28, 2008, 01:23:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nick on December 11, 2008, 05:36:07 pm ---Hey Joren haven't heard from you for a long time. Anyway i do have a peice of low ring per inch elm which is good as i want a self bow.

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Hi nick,

I strongly sugest you dont make a self bow from elm. According to my teacher a elm self bow is possible
but only with low grow rings per inch(which isnt suitable for warbows) find yourself a niece piece of ash/hickory
to back it. really dont waste your elm on that(I can know I got a self elm bow with a crack of 15inches).

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Heya

May I question your teacher's thoughts? Elm is very proven selfbow wood, it needs no backing at all and even used for backing other wood. Only elm that would need backing wood maybe be from a board with bad grain or damaged back. Very strong in the tensile strength and the grain is much interlocked, making a even tougher wood. I only can think of one elm that not so good for bow and that is Siberian elm, maybe it has lower density.

You may find many elm selfbow here on forum and elsewhere.
For warbow, Thimosabv has created quite a bit of heavy warbows with round bellies from the elm wood, most had no set at all and being in the 100+ draw weight range. His elm had high ring count per inch as well, grew very slowly and produced a very dense wood.

Loki:

--- Quote ---I would be interested on what you thought were the differences between a Welsh and English Warbow though
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I thought the consensus was that the Welsh Bow's were flat Bows...?

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