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Hawthorn bow

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Pappy:
It worked great, a lot like yew or ERC to me.  :) Of course I didn't chase a ring, just remover the outer bark and used the sap wood as the back.  :)
 Pappy

wooddamon1:
Sweet bow, Pappy!

WhistlingBadger:
Cool looking bow, Pappy.  We have some hawthorn in our hedge that scratches the daylights out of me when I try to trim the thing.  Bet it makes a tough bow--That's a wood that can stand up for itself.   ;D

stuckinthemud:
Don't suppose you know if US hawthorn is the same genus that grows in the UK?  I have a few lovely staves of crataegus monogyna but there are conflicting opinions about British hawthorn as a bow wood, and, as it is a fabulous carving timber, I haven't been willing to use my carving stash on an experiment in case I turn a great piece of timber into a broken bow and a pile of shavings...just wondering  ;)

Badger:
 Love it! I like the tiller shape on that bow. Fast design if the wood can handle it and it looks like the hawthorne can handle it

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