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What kind of wood?

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DC:
Are record quality bows pretty much all Osage and Yew? What would be the top five?

avcase:
Hickory for self bows, Ipe backed with hickory or bamboo is at the top for backed and multi-lam bows.

Hickory is great when the humidity is 10%.

Alan

DC:
Well, that's a surprise. Is the hickory a Salt Flats thing?

Selfbowman:
Osage. Osage, Osage, Osage and boo core and boo backed, Osage and backed with bamboo.. But I’m not biased toward Osage!  ;D ;D ;D Arvin

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