American Beech flatbow

[upstatenybowyer]

Thanks guys! Glad to hear some other experiences with this wood. Everything from coons in southern Illinois to wooden planes in the UK!

P.S. Gutshot- it's not just a Kentucky thing, people do it a lot up here near Rochester as well 

[turmoiler]

Nice bow!
And like Mike said obviously completely different from european beech. I've tried this wood, but only one time  - no bow wood!

Hello Simon, can you tell us how was your experience with european beech as bow wood?

[simson]

Nice bow!
And like Mike said obviously completely different from european beech. I've tried this wood, but only one time  - no bow wood!

Hello Simon, can you tell us how was your experience with european beech as bow wood?

This wood takes excessiv set and after a few nice shoots it is a wet noodle
And it is  a really no attractive wood, here were I live this wood has a lot of lime included in its structure  - so all tools become dull in short usage. There are a lot of alternatives, so I don't use it anymore

[turmoiler]

What a pity, european beech is the most common hardwood in my country. I have a pair of boards with perfect grain that I wanted to try, but now I will use them for something else.