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what wood would you use?

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bowhuntinhillbilly:
I have hickory, walnut, red oak, white oak, and black locust to use and I want between a 100lb. or 125lb. draw bow

wally:
Really I'm no expert, but if you really want to make an English Warbow out of one piece of wood, at that weight, the Yew with its sapwood back for tension and heartwood belly under compression will be hard to beat.
    From the wood you've got I would say the black locust probably best. The English Longbow is in a distinctive D section shape, but I think I read somewhere of a wide flatbow made up to 120lb. A warbow was made for a different application than was a hunting bow, although the ELB has been used to take most animals down.

Bowbound:

--- Quote from: bowhuntinhillbilly on October 02, 2008, 01:07:19 pm ---I have hickory, walnut, red oak, white oak, and black locust to use and I want between a 100lb. or 125lb. draw bow


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You're best wood is either black locust or hickory from what i have read. (never worked with either of them) If you could get a bit of ipe from a local shop then hickory backed ipe would do it. Otherwise a self bow of hickory or black locust is probably best. You might get away with the oaks if the tiller is good and they are wide enough. I don't know about walnut...

triton:
if you get a piece of yew that's as free from knots as possible but is really too bad to make a self bow, you could cut the sapwood off and back the stave with hickory or bamboo.  if you back with hickory and cut it flat grain and scrape down to follow one ring, you should get a very nice bow at a fraction of the cost of a good yew self stave.

Papa Matt:
As you can see, you have a few choices.  ;)  Honestly, if you don't have yew, I would go with Black Locust. You'll just have to take your pick.

~~Papa Matt

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