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Elm?????????

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Nick:
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.

joren1993:

--- 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.

--- End quote ---

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).

youngbowyer:
The welsh used elm bows, i dont see why you couldn't do it if our forefathers did

Loki:
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? ???

youngbowyer:
owh i didn't know that. But i once read in a book(not sure if that was historically right) that the english used either yew, ash, or elm. so....

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