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Offline KShip85

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cherry for core?
« on: December 10, 2009, 01:16:19 pm »
I am thinking of trying a composit bow with horn and sinew and was wondering how cherry would work for the core.  I think I've read somewhere that it has the lowest hystersis of any wood and was thinking perhaps it might improve efficiency.  I'd think that a good layer of sinew would take care of cherry's tension problems.  Just curious though, I'd hate to waste money on a bow doomed from the get go.  Thanks for the help!

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Offline adb

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Re: cherry for core?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 02:29:48 pm »
I've used cherry as a core wood in ELB longbows with good success.

Offline Tom Leemans

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Re: cherry for core?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 03:28:33 pm »
If I were going to invest the time in a bow with horn and sinew, I would not use cherry as a core. Can it be done? probably. Are there better choices? plenty of them.