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davidjw:
Avoid pin knots as well, just found one in the sal of a core I had glued up and was preparing for horn.  Goodbye core, hello firewood...

Aaron H:

--- Quote from: mikekeswick on July 19, 2017, 02:04:09 am ---Iffy grain just isn't going to handle being bent into the correct shape in the first place (Turkish bow). For other styles that don't need an exaggerated steam bent core then I totally agree with Bjoern. It simply isn't worth all the time and effort to use dodgy wood. The answer is simple really go out into the woods and look for perfectly straight saplings with no flaws.
Making a hornbow and waiting 6+ moths for it to dry only for the core to break is no fun at all.

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Mike, why saplings in particular? 

mikekeswick:
They are more elastic (with regards to bending the core) than a bigger tree but you use what you can find! I've planted some Tartarian maple but it is taking a while! I plan to coppice it for more young shoots when the time comes.

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