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Woods superior to osage

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ssrhythm:
K.  I'll stick with the hickory for now, nab a few elm logs in the spring, and put persimmon out of my mind till someone on here posts one up that gets the juices flowing.

Badger:
 I was just reading up on persimmon and it was listed as being useful for golf clubs and bows. I was checking to see if silica in the wood is a common problem with persimmon and it said it was not common but did occur more frequently than in other American woods. And quite commonly in tropical woods, which persimmon has a lot in common with. 

bassman211:
The different woods I mentioned above are not superior to Osage, but some come close.

loefflerchuck:
Around here we have Siberian elm. It is a favorite of mine. Beautiful color and smells great. Some people around here call it Chinese elm, but it’s not. I think I asked Steve about this and he is correct about the Chinese elm identification. Chinese elm has more pale, sycamore like bar, Siberian bark is darker and more fissured in mature trees. Hickory works great in my dry climate. My favorites are still sinew/juniper though with sinew/incense cedar following. I will say the best/fastest self bow I have ever made was hickory. I’ve been trying with osage, but haven’t matched it yet.

simk:
Osage maybe the best wood to make a bow - in terms of broad availability, workability and tolerance - however not sure if it also makes the best bow. Imho a yewbow always shoots more comfy and will not be slow either at the same time. And I will always prefer a nice laburnum over osage as well. Then we have Rhamnus cathartica, European buckthorn which I consider at least equal to osage. In terms of compression tolerance I'm impressed with snakewood and bloodwood.

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