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Del the cat:
Looking promising... good luck.
Nice to see warbows from different woods.
Del

peacefullymadewarbows:
Sidewinder- Once I get a stave with straight enough grain I do want to try a backed version. My only worry with hickory is that it is so much higher SG than ERC that the hickory could crush the ERC. I suppose a trapped back or a very thin laminate could solve that. Elm is hopefully better because it is nearly the same SG but equally as good in tension as hickory so probably a better paring by density.

willie- took the words outta mah mouth  (lol).

Del the Cat- Thank you! It's gone through 77 arrows so far. If it makes 150-200 I'll go ahead and horn it then shoot some to make sure the horns sit well and then oil it up and just shoot till it's dead or I'm dead.  ;)

Mikkolaht:
Great looking bow, didn't take you long to make a new one  :D
That tillering setup is very nice, i like it a lot!

peacefullymadewarbows:
Thank you and thank you! Yeah the draw knife slides right through the cedar like butter something else I love about it.

Sidewinder:
Willie no real good reason other than it may be easier to get a good Hickory slat for backing than elm. I've not heard of a lot of guys using elm for backing but hickory is pretty common so I guess that was my thought process. But, like so many other things in this addiction of ours, theres nothing says a guy can't try about anything he dreams up.

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