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150lb at 30" English Yew bow
WillS:
Joe shot both the 115 and the 150 for those recorded distances, so the release would be the same theoretically. I did tell him that the bow had never been past 28", so perhaps he was being gentle ;)
Good ash will shoot as well as yew (sometimes further) of the same weight, as will elm, plum etc but there should be a bigger gap between the two considering the weight difference. Alistair is a far better bowyer than I however, so it could just be that!
Lucasade:
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Sorry, the bow was Elder.
Alistair
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Elder is sambucus nigra (or at least most of the stuff in the UK is). Alder is alnus glutinosa and by all accounts is no good for bows but is better than elm at resisting rot - the Rialto Bridge in Venice is built on alder piles - and its charcoal apparently makes the best gunpowder.
Interesting that a 120lb yew bow (20% lighter) only lost 7 yards (3%) against the 150lb yew. Do you have comparative specs for them and were they shot by the same person with the same arrow?
Marc St Louis:
Looks good, the lower limb does seem to bend a tad too much but that could just be camera angle
WillS:
Could always flip it the other way round I suppose! It'll only get worse as it beds in, otherwise.
FilipT:
Elder is really cool wood, I throw one stave away after I discovered it has rot, even though shape, length and diameter was enough to produce any bow I wanted.
Jaro says in his "lesser known bow woods" that you can make really heavy bows from it. I believe it, even though at first glance one would not expect such feat from a soft wood.
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