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Syringa Short Stickbow

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Tuomo:
Nice bow!

Unfortunately, it is not syringa (Lilac), but rather mock orange. I have made bows of both species and that wood does not look like syringa (it should have nice purple heart wood). Instead, it is very similar to mock orange according to the cambium and the pith.

Pappy:
Beautiful stick Gordon. :)
 Pappy

Will B:
Beautiful stick bow. I love the cambium streaks on the back. Very nice bend like all your bows.

bambule:
Nice work - as always. But are you sure it‘s syringa/lilac? Lilac is a very dense wood and I have build some bows out of it and never had frets or tensions failures - even with knots/nodes. It‘s so hard/dense, that the bow looks like a stick and bends for 65# :-). But maybe the European lilac is different to the American ones…

Greetz
Cord

Weylin:
Great bow, Gordon! Nothing there that doesn't need to be. Glad to see you making bows. Congrats on your retirement! We expect to see a bow a week now

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