Tree ID?

[Stickhead]

This tree had to go, clearing for a driveway.  Is it a hornbeam or other good bow wood?
Thanks,
...Tom

[dylanholderman]

Leaves and bark make me think elm but that’s a lot of heartwood for the elm around me.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Surely an elm, has a red elm look. I don't think any of the elms make a bad bow.

[Hawkdancer]

Looks like elm leaves, but I have been out of elm country a long time!  Maybe Gifford will chime in!
Hawkdancer

[bassman]

Elm, that is gold mine for making bows.Good stuff

[Stickhead]

I considered elm, but I expected lighter-colored wood.

[PatM]

Red Elm.  A lot of people have a lower opinion of Red Elm as a selfbow wood.  Not sure how much truth there is in that.

[dylanholderman]

have fun splitting 
a chainsaw or band saw if its small enough to handle will make your life a lot easier.

[Mafort]

Red elms split well. I’ve split numerous staves with hammer and wedges. It’s the white elm like American elm you gotta watch out for. I’ve got a couple red elm bows. I’ll try and put up some picture of them

[Pat B]

I've made a few elm bows and was very impressed with it as a bow wood. It reacts to heat and heat treating.

[Stickhead]

Red El it is, then.  I see sledges and wedges in my future.
Thanks, guys!

[gifford]

Like others have said, Red Elm, Ulmus Rubra, it's interlocking grain makes it difficult to split. Bring extra wedges and a buddy.

I've made one bow with it, a much smaller diameter, actually a limb from storm cleanup. I used a flat bow design, long, wide and performance was good (to me at least), and long before I learned about heat treating.

Took a bit of set as recall, probably being impatient with drying after splitting.

[bassman]

 Chain saw.

[HH~]

Red Elm

Kerf city right there. Chain Saw, sharp one.

HH~