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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2013, 10:43:06 am »
I heat-treat right after floor tillering and I get the belly a dark brown.  By the time I have finished tillering the bow there is only a slight discoloration of the wood left.
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2013, 11:03:36 am »
As always, a very nice bow.  Marc, have you noticed any difference in sapwood vs. heartwood in Elm?  I ask because the Elm I have tried seems to have extremely brittle sapwood. I think it is Siberian Elm - but it was really poor stuff.  Just curious about your experience.
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2013, 11:56:08 am »
I love that sweeping even reflex in the unstrung profile.  Very nice bend too.
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2013, 12:25:12 pm »
Full draw shows it all.....  really nice grip and shelf work!!

Does it shoot equally well off either side?

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2013, 12:51:22 pm »
Very clean bow, i'm sure it packs more punch than normal with that reflex.
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2013, 02:25:11 pm »
That's a beauty Marc, love me some elm.  Looks like it oughta be dead on it's target mass as well.  Outstanding :)
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2013, 03:06:36 pm »
Very nice. Pyramids rule. I make nothing else. I like elm too. Would not have ordered the shelves, but the customer is the boss.

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #22 on: April 03, 2013, 03:27:03 pm »
Perfect.   8)
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #23 on: April 03, 2013, 07:33:16 pm »
Excellent bow
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2013, 08:22:30 pm »
No muss, no fuss, no bother.  Straight to the point design, bet it is a good shooter, to boot!
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2013, 11:52:37 pm »
The difference is not in the heartwood versus sapwood but in the tree itself.  I've made some very short all heartwood bows from Elm that stood up quite well and some average length sapwood bows that did not stand up well at all.  This particular tree had very elastic wood.

I did shoot it a few times left and right handed and it does shoot quite well either way.
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2013, 12:33:02 am »
Very nice bow...still no moose! :laugh:
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2013, 12:36:10 am »
Looks like a St Louis bow to me! ;)
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2013, 03:08:42 am »
What variety of elm is it?
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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #29 on: April 04, 2013, 09:57:02 am »
Your looking in the wrong place for that Moose  :).

I was wondering when someone would ask the species.  I don't bother trying to identify Elm anymore, there's just too many sub-species.  I know it wasn't Corky Bark Elm nor was it Rock Elm, some of the species that grow up here in Ontario
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