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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Flight Bows => Topic started by: DC on August 27, 2020, 10:43:13 am

Title: What kind of wood?
Post by: DC on August 27, 2020, 10:43:13 am

Are record quality bows pretty much all Osage and Yew? What would be the top five?

Title: Re: What kind of wood?
Post by: avcase on August 27, 2020, 11:18:01 am

Hickory for self bows, Ipe backed with hickory or bamboo is at the top for backed and multi-lam bows.

Hickory is great when the humidity is 10%.

Alan

Title: Re: What kind of wood?
Post by: DC on August 27, 2020, 12:03:20 pm

Well, that's a surprise. Is the hickory a Salt Flats thing?

Title: Re: What kind of wood?
Post by: Selfbowman on August 28, 2020, 07:45:48 am

Osage. Osage, Osage, Osage and boo core and boo backed, Osage and backed with bamboo.. But I’m not biased toward Osage!  ;D ;D ;D Arvin