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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: birdpointlightstring32 on November 12, 2014, 01:37:52 am

Title: your thoughts on a high humidity design around 12 percent.
Post by: birdpointlightstring32 on November 12, 2014, 01:37:52 am

Just curious my two cents . 75 inches long or longer. slightly over built? as suggested by others maybe yew locust or maybe a wood that is tension weak and compression strong.

Title: Re: your thoughts on a high humidity design around 12 percent.
Post by: mikekeswick on November 12, 2014, 03:12:27 am

Yew or ipe. Ipe is superb in humidity. Any design will work if you start with the right materials.

Title: Re: your thoughts on a high humidity design around 12 percent.
Post by: Parnell on November 12, 2014, 12:06:23 pm

Simple.  Make any bow out of Osage.
Doesn't get much more humid than where I live and Osage doesn't seem to be affected.

Title: Re: your thoughts on a high humidity design around 12 percent.
Post by: huisme on November 12, 2014, 12:41:31 pm

Locust is fine with humidity and makes fast bows even therein.

Title: Re: your thoughts on a high humidity design around 12 percent.
Post by: Springbuck on November 12, 2014, 01:28:39 pm

Also most good white woodsdo better in humidity after heat treating the belly.  Still likely not as good as ipe, but....