Check this out

[Joec123able]

This is a very horribly made hackberry bow I took a ton of set due to me not letting it dry it's been laying in my basement since september so today I picked it up and just bent it as far as I could since I don't care about the bow so just check this out how strong hackberry is under tension




Almost 90 degrees and still hasn't broken under tension this bow pulls about 55 pounds too

[Joec123able]

Forgot to mention the tips are supposed to be stiff it is a leverish type bow

[Joec123able]

And here it begins to collapse under compression well before giving out under tension

[BowSlayer]

Amazing!

[okie64]

Thats pretty cool. Seems like someone else did that same kinda experiment with hackberry awhile back.

[adb]

Jesus H... that must be very wet wood!

[Joec123able]

Jesus H... that must be very wet wood!

Lol what It's not wet at all I made this bow ins September it's been laying on a chair in my basement since then

[Raptard]

i think he thought that you steamed it

[Joec123able]

i think he thought that you steamed it

If that's what he wants to think then so be it but I definetly didn't steam it it's dry wood

[adb]

i think he thought that you steamed it

If that's what he wants to think then so be it but I definetly didn't steam it it's dry wood

Whoa there cowboy... I didn't say anything about steam. I meant that piece of wood must have fairly high moisture content to able to bend like that.

[Joec123able]

i think he thought that you steamed it

If that's what he wants to think then so be it but I definetly didn't steam it it's dry wood

Whoa there cowboy... I didn't say anything about steam. I meant that piece of wood must have fairly high moisture content to able to bend like that.

But there's no way it hasn't been near any moisture it's just sat in a basement for 9 months

[Josh B]

That's about par for the course with Hackberry.  You can trap it and heat treat it until the belly is hard as stone.  It just performs better.  On the other hand, if you don't heat temper it, it usually isn't to impressive.  Josh

[AH]

Thats pretty cool. Seems like someone else did that same kinda experiment with hackberry awhile back.

I think Toomanyknots had a video on that

[dwardo]

I have a failed elm bow that does the same. Will dig out a picture later. Certainly not moisture content just a dead belly and a back that refuses to give up.

[Joec123able]

I have a failed elm bow that does the same. Will dig out a picture later. Certainly not moisture content just a dead belly and a back that refuses to give up.

Exactly