Tension Weak Wood

[BowEd]

They might be putting up a casino....lol.

[Jim Davis]

Marc, where did you find MOR numbers for buckthorn?

[Marc St Louis]

They might be putting up a casino....lol.

Not yet, the land claim settlement is not finalized.  The place is being developed for residential

[bubby]

I have had some luck with it, greg, badly bent told me that hevwas about 50-50 with it if i remember right, with, with the high crown i would be a good try with a hollow limb design

[upstatenybowyer]

I made this one from buckthorn not too long ago. It's still shooting well... but it's only got 100 or so shots through it and it bends through the handle, which may help with strain on the back.

[vinemaplebows]

" it is an extremely elastic wood in compression."
Does this mean it is a good candidate for a backing like bamboo? We have a ton of straight Cascara which is a Buckthorn.

Backed Cascara with hickory, bamboo should work, tiller carefully.

[simson]

That hurts, it has been looking already like a fine bow.
Can't see a reason why it broke at that area, not the max strain there.

I remember the nice buckthorn bows Greg made. I searched long for buckthorn in my homeland, finally found some but wasn't lucky - mine broke in an earlier stadium. Maybe we have not good quality here, they are almost all infected by fungus.