Maple backed Buckthorn recurve

[Badger]

   Brian had fixed my up with a couple of staves several years ago . I remember the wood being very fast but not reliable in tension. My bows were self bows slight r/d.

[vinemaplebows]

   Brian had fixed my up with a couple of staves several years ago . I remember the wood being very fast but not reliable in tension. My bows were self bows slight r/d.

Did either make it Badger? One nick on the back, and pow. Backing is the way to go. It sounds like Marc came to the same conclusion with their Buckthorn.

[Badger]

   Brian had fixed my up with a couple of staves several years ago . I remember the wood being very fast but not reliable in tension. My bows were self bows slight r/d.

Did either make it Badger? One nick on the back, and pow. Backing is the way to go. It sounds like Marc came to the same conclusion with their Buckthorn.

  Brian, I know one of them I shot for a while and it was a great shooter. But I don't think it made it over a couple hundred shots. I still think it would be ok for someone who uses more limb than I use. I tend to keep bows stiff out of the fades and stiff in the outer limbs. I have backed off of that some in recent years

[vinemaplebows]

I generally overbuild mine, but with such a light wood I don't see a issue. Marcs has taken an extreme (for what I thought Buckthorn is capable of) I have wondered about a Maple, Buckthorn, Yew combo. Just for kicks. Sure could conserve hard to obtain clean Yew lumber.

[Marc St Louis]

Beautiful bow. The lines are incredible.
I just don't understand why you are making that cut in shelfs.

I don't use a cut in shelf

[simson]

You're right, Marc. It's my poor English.
I meant the arrow curve, to get more near center.
Do you like to shoot stiffer arrows?

[Marc St Louis]

I like having the choice of shooting a variety of different spined arrows.  Also if by chance I send this bow off to someone then the person that gets it will not have to be so picky about the spine of their arrows, or the type of arrows they use

[Eric Garza]

I'm curious why you didn't heat treat the buckthorn?

[Marc St Louis]

I'm curious why you didn't heat treat the buckthorn?

Buckthorn is a relatively new species for me as it doesn't grow up here and I always make my first few bows without heat-treating just to see what it is capable of, whether it is a new species or a new cut of a species I know.  Heat-treating is coming but not in a self-bow.  It will probably help some but the wood is really quite good on its own, it's much like high grade Yew in compression.