thanks for kind words
conclusive testing really seems to be a problem with wooden bows.
already the variance in quality within the species makes it very difficult. are we able to tiller two glueups absolutely identical?
this yew felt very light and somehow spongy, so I gave it a very light heat treatment...was this unfair towards the osage?
also: do the wide limbs really justice to the qualities of osage? you never know
for sure in this setup the osage bow was significantly heavier in mass. I think thats also where the advantage of the yew comes from with the lighter arrows. I have the same experiment running with two recurves actually. Let's see what I find out for myself.
making this experiment with selfbows would be interesting too but making two samesame selfbows seems hardly impossible. not to forget that I myself don't have osage staves straight and clean enough. also: I would always choose a slightly wider design with yew than osage. imho most conclusive design for this test probably would be a shortish elb. for sure people have tried this before many times...but do we know the answer?
I doubt, these kinda experiments make a lot of sense. I will continue, because its fun.
cheers
My intellect clearly says osage is the better wood but my heart is with the yew