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sassafrass bow staves

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hammerstone:
Maurice Thompson lists it as a good bow wood in The Witchery of Archery . The Thompson's built English style bows and, I've read elsewhere that it can be used for English style bows.

Aksel:
I´ve seen some amazing looking bows from this wood on paleoplanet years ago so I encourage you to try!

bluejack:
Well once this sass. is dry I think I`ll give it a try. Thanks for the input guys

Pappy:
I have a good friend that has built a lot of bows from Sassafras , he built mostly English style long bows, usually 70 inches or so and shot about 28 inch draw, had good luck with them, they held up fine, took some set but other than that shot great. Beautiful wood and just the smell alone is worth giving it a try. :)
 Pappy

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