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gorazd:
I have some perfectly cut  - 1/4 sawn black locust (Acacia) strips left (made laminated siyahs from it)...
For next project (mongol bow) I plan to use it for core wood.... has anyone used the black locust for core in composite bows ?
How does it take bending comparing maple, bamboo, etc ... ?

loon:
Alex Wittenaar of medicinebows has used it on a Mongol style bow, he said it was good, I guess stable.
I think there's some discussion on the Hornbowyers facebook group about it... maybe..
Might be harder to bend..

RBLusthaus:
I would think it is kinda heavy for core wood. 

BowEd:
Jeffery Schmidt has used it before.You might not know him though.
Edge grain/flexible enough/dense enough.Don't really see why it would'nt work.
I've used hickory.Flat sawn and it's alive yet.

loon:
Now I know of a hornbowyer who hasn't had success with hickory. Apparently it doesn't bond with hide glue so well, though maybe better gluing, cleaning, sizing could fix that. I imagine it'd be less stable than maple?

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