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Black cherry recommendations, And boom she goes
mullet:
I've never seen one hold together over 45#.
mikekeswick:
My experience with cherry is wide and thin not narrow and thick!
It will be interesting to see what happens with this one :)
Stringman:
Take your first full draw in slo-mo. ;D
Cherry is brittle and I would not expect good things from a 100# in any design.
Mo_coon-catcher:
It'll be one where I'll be glad my tree has a LONG rope on it. But I saw it mentioned on the English warbow society page as being a good wood, but it didn't go much into details on design other than saying it outperforms other woods in target weight long bows. Maybe that'll be the case with heavy. If it holds up to the poundage and design. We'll see once I get it shaped out and the rain and ice quits.
Kyle
Mo_coon-catcher:
I just chased a ring down on the stave. it was a PITA but worth it. I nicked the back while cleaning the bark off. By the time I finally got a clean ring, I uncovered some pin knota and a big nasty looking knot. Then removed them fully along with some pitch pockets by the time I got it to a single ring. I'm very glad I have a goose neck scraper. There is no way I would've had a clean back without it.
Kyle
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