Green Ash

[BowEd]

Green ash should work for ya.We've got what the locals call thorn trees here.They are honey locust really like your picture of the trunk with the thorns.They are the cause of many a flat tire on tractors and pickups alike.Matured brown flat pods.Deer love em and transplant them all over the country here.I believe good bow wood too but a bit brittle.Pretty wood.Good fire wood in my stove.It splits like butter.A wider longer bow would be the starting point.You don't want the tip of one of those thorns embedded underneath your skin.Get it out.It'll swell up like a melon.

[hammerstone]

the pics are definitely honey locust. there are many wild honey locusts without thorns in the woods around here.it has been speculated that the indians cultivated these to use without the hassle of thorns,as they had many uses for these trees.I have my eye on a couple now, just waiting for it to cool down some.never built a bow out of it,but john strunk seems to really like it.