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Offline stuckinthemud

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favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« on: April 11, 2015, 06:40:39 pm »
Evening All!
this is just for fun, but it seems pretty clear to me that the timber of choice for our American cousins is osage, while we on this side of the pond would seem to pick yew as first choice for bows (sweeping statement!), so what comes next?  What timber would you choose, and why, if you could choose any timber, but could not use yew or osage orange?  >:D :) :D
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2015, 06:45:13 pm »
Hophornbeam. 
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2015, 06:54:24 pm »
Hickory. Jawge
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2015, 06:55:31 pm »
Ocean Spray... ;)
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Offline GB

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2015, 07:33:42 pm »
Hickory.  But then again, I haven't had a chance to try hophornbeam, ocean spray, vine maple, grey elm, etc...
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2015, 07:33:58 pm »
Black locust  8)
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Offline JonW

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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2015, 07:35:12 pm »
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2015, 07:50:14 pm »
Clean and straight anymore.
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Offline huisme

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2015, 07:55:31 pm »
Locust still beats yew and osage in my book >:D >:D >:D
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2015, 07:56:16 pm »
Hickory for sure. Its fast and tough.

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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2015, 07:57:34 pm »
I do like Black Locust too!!

Mark
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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2015, 07:58:47 pm »
of the woods i have worked with hophornbeam
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Offline sleek

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2015, 08:06:47 pm »
ELM!
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2015, 08:40:08 pm »
I'm confused ???
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: favourite bow-wood EXCEPT yew or osage?
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2015, 09:06:14 pm »
white oak
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