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laburnum bow, 42 lbs @ 27 "
Hamish:
Fantastic work. I really like your interpretation of a continental longbow, beautiful.
It looks like a conventional rounded belly cross section, like an ELB? I think examples of Swiss bows from Lausanne Abbey had a changing cross section along the length of the limbs. Pretty complicated stylistically, not sure how much improvement if any, it gives, though. There was a Swiss bowyer, Blaise Fontenaz (not sure about spelling) making replicas of these bows.
Not a great deal of information easily found about these bows, especially in English.
Badger:
Beautiful bow! One of my all time favorites. You should flight shoot it.
Del the cat:
Gorgeous bow :)
Del
BetterTrees:
That's a beautiful bow!
I found a 4" trunk of laburnum when I was in Seattle. I've been thinking about what to do with it for the last four months.
It was the look of the heartwood that made me decide to snag it. Once I did some research I found that it is a very reputable bow wood.
The company I was working for called it "golden chain tree", which is probably standard for ornamental plantings to be labeled with.
I read somewhere that the sapwood isn't worth keeping on it. I'm glad to see otherwise. The contrast is great.
George Tsoukalas:
Very nicely done! Tiller looks great. You forsook the picture perfect post tiller for the tiller the stave needed. Impressive! Jawge
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