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SimonUK:
In the absence of something more suitable, I wired them to each other!  Don't worry I'll keep checking them and turn them over now and then.

I asked the man at the sawmill which species it was.  He said he hadn't seen any leaves but guessed it was wych elm purely from knowing where it came from (somewhere called the 'Black Isle' near Inverness).  True, I can't be sure it's wych elm, but it's the predominant species in that area.

The leaves are supposed to be smoother than english elm which are slightly hairy I think.  I've also heard wych elm is straighter grained and this stuff is very straight.  Apart from that I don't know how to tell the difference.

Rich Saffold:
I think you will get 5 good bows Simon. Elm is easy to heat straighten if it gets a little "funny" on you..Elm in our dry air is as fast as any wood I have tested.

Rich

chaetaux:
Dont worry ,  this size of steves are safe , besides elm is very plastic in hot air , but I must say young elm tree are better ,have lighter wood. Wych elm is realy great bow wood , only yew in Europe is better.

Marc St Louis:
A little trick I started using with Elm is I run a saw up the log but leave it whole. The saw cuts speed up drying while leaving it whole avoids the twisting you can get as it dries

DaveB:
Hi Simon I live near Inverness, which sawmill did you get your log from? Most of the sawmills I have visited are mainly dealing with softwoods or aren't very interested in someone who only wants to buy a small amount of something as specific as bow staves.
Markinengland wych elm has fairly distinctly different leaves to english elm.

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