Today's cuts

[stuckinthemud]

Quite excited about this, 2 yew staves, together with a couple of small offcuts, a 57" and a 74" length.  The grotty side of the big stem will cut down to a nearly flawless 48 inch length.  More exciting is the very interesting length of box (buxus sempervirens).  Anyone worked with box?

[Pat B]

Never worked with boxwood but I've never seen any big enough to make a bow. Boxwood is a valuable wood for wood workers and carvers so save your scraps.

[Hamish]

Box was highly regarded in Medieval Europe as a bow wood according to Gaston Phoebus, in the Book of the Hunt. Should suit an elb style bow well.     
Never tried it for the same reason as Pat. I have seen pieces big enough for billets, even those were very expensive

[bownarra]

The box will make a very good bow. Elastic and great in compression.