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african man:
I am wanting to make a war bow  70-80# @ 32"
I have a nice stave of black locust and am wondering if it will work as an English war bow, if so what are the rough dimensions. Could I also change the design slightly to accommodate the wood, lenticular or flatter cross section instead of D shaped ?
Thanks
Chris
     

akila:
Hi...i dont have verry much experience with warr bow....but i  now that black locust its weack in compresion,. so i think that an Elb  design its not the best design for this type of wood....but maybe im wrong...so  you should see whatt others have to say aboute this///

kiwijim:
there was a post on paleoplanet a while ago. A big bad Bl warbow drawing around 100lb, and no frets!

african man:
Thanks guys ;)
have started one will see how it goes

Chris

african man:
Just finished it the other day seems to work ;D
Just made it a bit more flatter than a traditional D section
Chris

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