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Dimensions of a mini bow to figure out if mystery wood will work for a bow

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Terrier:
BTW, What's the flora like where you are?  Do they have "Tree of Heaven*" ?  Those things seem to be everywhere... Asian invasive in the States.  They pop up all over.  AKA, "Chinese Stink Wood", although, it's the young plants that stink.  I was surprised to find that the large tree I cut for staves to try out didn't stink at all!  They can grow to 80' and be 12-14 inches in diameter, and finding a straight one isn't too hard.  The one I cut was within the woods, about 12 feet in from the field, and was straight and clean as a post for 8-10 feet and 8" in diameter.

It's purported to make a pretty decent bow, and I have a stave all shaped up and drying for a flat bow that I'm going to tiller in 4-6 weeks.  It splits easier and cleaner than American Elm, but once it dries, it has about the same density rating as American Elm, and also Hackberry, in the low 50's.  2" wide at the fades, and you're in bidness!

*I wouldn't make it my first choice, if it's even available where you are, in lieu of a better wood you might find.

Nasr:
No tree of heaven isnt available here. I did try tree of heaven back in the states and was also confused why it was called stink tree when there was no stink to it. The tree i had was also large diameter and i still have a bunch of it back in the states. I dont really like it tbh i tried making a bow from it and just seemed brittle to me. As for the wood i currently have it has interlocking grain and it seems to be decent in tension strength but i dont know yet as i am still roughing out some staves to floor tiller. I plan on force drying these as it seems to take heat well without splitting which might be because of the interlocking grain. It reminds me of ASH maybe little heavier i would say maple but i dont have much experience with maple. I would like to get some updates on that Tree of Heaven bow once you are done with it. I tried to search online for successful bows form it online but didnt find much.

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