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Hawthorn Bow

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meanewood:
Thanks for for those observations.

I have noticed that Jaro Petrina has some good info on 'white woods' on the EWBS site.
He states Hawthorn to have a 9 out of 10 rating in tension and a 8 out of 10 rating in compression!

 

mikekeswick:
I've made a flatbow of about 60# and a d-bow of about 40#. The flatbow was the last stave bow I broke! It got to about 26 inches then lifted a splinter. The d-bow is still alive but took more set than I expected to see. Not a lot of experience but I've seen a few others that my friends have made with similar results.
The hawthorn round here is a pain to find good enough pieces so I more or less gave up on it. I'm sure with a good stave and the right person it would make a fine bow ;)

loefflerchuck:
I have tried only English hawthorn and was not too impressed. It was a smaller branch with a rounded back 55" long D bow and failed in tension at 26". Exploded! It seemed a lot like our local big tooth maple.  I would try it again as a longer bow with a flat belly and back.

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