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I'm thinking about that elm and sweet gum they have for starts. If they have a decent bow I'd like to learn from it.
Sleek don't waste your money.I finished another 190 @ 10gpp deflexed recurve out of elm a week or so ago. Send me a thousand dollars and its yours. It has lots of super duper hoodoo from the Ancient Brittons. Just like they used to make them....honest. Joking aside if anybody can show me a better performing selfbow I'll be very impressed I doubt they have come up with anything 'new'. I'll bet it is just heat treating with a wee bit of something added to make it 'different' I'll still buy the DVD just for the craic as I have enjoyed Thad's other videos.
Sleek you should by the 190 fps bow,,
Quote from: bradsmith2010 on September 02, 2019, 03:38:14 pmSleek you should by the 190 fps bow,, Lol... you mean "TRADE" for it.. . I'm waiting on him to reply to me about it. I'd like pics, and stats on it
I own a book with the title "Belden, the white Chief". George P. Belden lived among Native Americans in the plains for many years and his experiences and observations were published in 1870.Belden wrote some observations about the making of bows and arrows. The bow staves and the wood for the arrows were seasoned above the fire in the teepee. After seasoning, the wood for the arrows is very tough and of a yellowish color. Belden also mentioned that a well seasoned and well made bow doesn´t follow the string. I think that these are properties of a hardened wood. The process seems to be more gentle, but it takes much longer than the modern method. What are your thoughts?lonbow