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Rowan / mountain ash 27draw 55lbs 69ntn

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Lehtis:
Nice!

Kidder:
That’s a very cool bow. I’d love to hear more about your thoughts on Mountain Ash’s properties and design needs.

RyanY:
That’s a stunning piece of wood. Nice bend too!

Pappy:
Beautiful piece of wood, nice job on the tiller also.
 Pappy

Mikkolaht:
Thank you everyone! :)

In Finland Mountain ashes grow as proper trees, about 15m are the highest I have seen. Towards northern Finland the trees tend to get smaller, I live in the south.

I haven't had that much experience with mountain ash, but from what it seems like the wood needs flat belly to avoid compression damage.
You would expect the wood to be light and spongy but actually it feels quite heavy and somewhat spongy. What I'm trying to say is that the wood is not that snappy when you shoot it.
Comparing mountain ash to maple ''Acer platanoides'' it feels the same but just softer. I have heard of stories of mountain ash and maple bows just randomly exploding without warning, but those might be just stories..

This bow was a straight stick, now it has about one inch of set, and the bow weights about 565grams.
However mountain ash still seems to be able to produce some decent bows which are worth using :)

Cheers,

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