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DC:
How does horn stand up against good compression wood like Yew, Osage and Ipe? Horn usually needs an extreme amount of reflex. Can it be beneficial without being bent so far? What if you shaved 1/8" off the belly of a decent straight wood bow and replaced it with 1/8" of horn. Would it perform well or be a dog?

loefflerchuck:
Horn can handle somewhere around 5x the compression of any of those woods. That’s why it is best to stress it a lot to make up for the heavy weight of horn. I’ve seen regular bows by James Remp with horn belly’s and they shoot well and look beautiful.

DC:
If it can handle 5x the compression can you use half as much to counter the increased weight(mass)?

bownarra:
It can be bent in a tighter radius.

DC:
For lack of a better word how does it's "springiness" compare? Does it have more or less hysteresis than the wood?

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