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Working American Hornbeam

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superdav95:
I agree with what has been said here too.  Blue beech is hard.  Very hard wood.  I’ve got a sapling hld blue beech I’ve started and it’s a lot more work then I expected for sure for his design.  Based on how hard this wood is I would be careful putting too much effort into a dead standing blue beech for a bow.  Just my 2cents.  Best of luck. 

Phillip King:
Thanks all, Appreciate the input. This is Definitely a tricky wood to remove wood, the Hatchet, Adze, and Shinto Rasp have Helped a lot.
It does make good Low weight Bows, I'm pretty much sure that I cut the Spallted Ends off .The Highest Ridges are 1/2"
 the Latest one I made was 30# @ 18" 37" NTN.
I will post when I get Finished, Gotta let the Wood Dry a few.
Happy Holidays
update- it was a mess to work with, fail on this one, used the wood for smaller projects.

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