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Offline Mafort

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Smooth leaf elm?
« on: June 16, 2019, 11:12:20 am »
Any other names for this tree besides smooth leaf elm? Is t good for bows? Was thinking of doing a wide limbed and long but was wondering what everyone else thought. I understand elm can take a good deal of overstrain before it blows up
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Offline Strichev

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Re: Smooth leaf elm?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2019, 11:35:12 am »
Is that Ulmus minor? If so, it's  high quality wood, used for bows, gun-stocks and such. You could do an ELB out of it.
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Offline Mafort

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Re: Smooth leaf elm?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2019, 12:11:43 pm »
I believe it may be.
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Offline Mafort

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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2019, 12:19:18 pm »
Another question I have is I have a seasoned stave of it and I didn’t pull the bark off before sealing and seasoning. So I was wondering if I left the elm inner bark on would it hurt anything when I begin tillering?
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Offline hoosierf

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Re: Smooth leaf elm?
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2019, 12:13:37 pm »
Field Elm is its common name I believe.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Smooth leaf elm?
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2019, 10:25:39 am »
With white elm the inner bark can be left on and creates some interest and texture.not sure about smooth leaf,but I suspect it would be the same.
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