Hawthorn for warbows?

[meanewood]

I must say, my hawthorn bow is incredibly smooth to draw and I'm looking forward to finishing the second one in a couple of months when fully seasoned.

I'm going to follow the idea of leaving the bark on which should add to the incredible character of this wood!

[stuckinthemud]

Really interested in how that one turns out. My only attempt at a hawthorn bow went bang, but it was an extremely characterful stave and I was far too rough/impatient with it; totally my fault it broke - also, it was a flat bow design, maybe hawthorn suits a square cross-section better?? I think, though I stand to be corrected, most of the failures I have heard about have been flat-bows?

[meanewood]

Really interested in how that one turns out. My only attempt at a hawthorn bow went bang, but it was an extremely characterful stave and I was far too rough/impatient with it; totally my fault it broke - also, it was a flat bow design, maybe hawthorn suits a square cross-section better?? I think, though I stand to be corrected, most of the failures I have heard about have been flat-bows?

That's the problem when using a less common wood,  its harder to get experienced advise from others!
All I can say is try a safer design, 35mm wide, 25mm deep and 75in or longer with a slightly rounded back and belly but with a good rounding of the edges.

[stuckinthemud]

Sounds like a plan. Will have a go in the spring, it will have been seasoning for nearly two years by then