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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cacatch on December 05, 2010, 02:34:45 am

Title: American Elm Wampanoag?
Post by: Cacatch on December 05, 2010, 02:34:45 am

I've got a 64" ttt stave of american elm, that's 1 7/8 inch wide. The back is slightly rounded as it was from a 4.5" diameter log. I've looked and looked and handled this stave trying to figure out what it "wants to be" or what I could make from it, and I have thought about either a pyramid bow or Wampanoag style. Has anyone ever tried an elm in the Wamp. style? Do wide american elm bows tend to shoot with much authority?  El Destructo?  ;)


Thanks,
CP

Title: Re: American Elm Wampanoag?
Post by: Hrothgar on December 05, 2010, 10:43:44 am

Don't know about a Wampanoag bow, but some of the early holmegaard or Molly bows were made of elm.

Title: Re: American Elm Wampanoag?
Post by: bambule on December 05, 2010, 12:43:47 pm

The Sudbury Bow from the Wampanoag is shown in TBB1. It's from Hickory -  but Elm could easily handle such a design. It' a semi-pyramidial design with a long handle and the limbs bending deep in the tips.
It's near by the Holmegaard-Design.
The special thing on the Sudbury Bow are the pronounced fades and the nockstyle.
Try it and show us the results  8)

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: American Elm Wampanoag?
Post by: John K on December 05, 2010, 06:52:55 pm

I think Elm is good for whatever type of bow you want to build, the inter locking fibers make it strong !