Elm ELB

[Marc St Louis]

I had this piece of Elm that I found in my wood pile.  It was not wide or deep enough to make a regular bow but was just right to make a medium draw weight longbow.  I rough shaped the stave then reflexed and heat treated it over a hardwood fire which took much less time than doing it with a heat gun and more fun.  I reflexed the bow about 3" and it kept about 1" of that.  The bow is 73" long overall, 1 3/8" wide at the center and pulls 70# @ 30".  I put horn nocks on the bow and you can see from the first picture here that the top limb has a bit of a crook in it.  This is the remains of a knot that it had.  Besides that the wood was pretty clean and free of knots.   



Here's some more pictures.

[jamie]

i have a similar piece i been thinking of doing the same thing with. awesome job as usual marc

[George Tsoukalas]

She's a beauty, Marc. Nice job. Jawge

[Pat B]

Nice Marc. Interesting knot near the tip.     Pat

[Cromm]

Hi, Being from the the UK this is a regular bow to me !!!! what is a "regular" to you? Thanks for your your time.

[Kegan]

Excellent bow Marc, as usual! And the old time bow makers said elm stunk as an ELB. Shame shame .

Cromm- most North Americaners (that's a technical term folks ) use a variation of the flatbow with deep handle for the most part, and Marc has made bows of such a desgin that are absolutely AMAZING.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks Guys

Cromm. A regular bow here is a flatbow or in my case quite often a static recurve

[Keenan]

 Thats about as pure and clean as it comes Mark The tiller is right on and such a nice clean line. It's neat that you left and used the crook in the end. Just a touch of charactor. Another beauty, your consistency is inspiring. Keenan

[Badger]

Mark, very nice! At 70# the bow is hardly a toy. Looks like a pretty serious bow to me. Steve

[Rich Saffold]

Thats a fine looking torch job Marc . It adds  character and contrast to the bow..

Rich-

[El Destructo]

                                              Looks like Red Heartwood to me.........

[Marc St Louis]

There is quite a bit of heartwood left on the bow actually.  If the stave would have had more depth I would have tried for a bit more draw weight out of it.

[OldBow]

Dang - wish I could shoot it. April Bow of the Month is next week, folks. 

[El Destructo]

I like the Difference in Color Marc...I would have sacrificed a little Poundage to keep the Looks....I love Red Elm ...and American Elm for Bow Wood...I have one in the Garage Drying right now

[Marc St Louis]

Straight hard Elm is as good a bow wood as you can get.  This one is not hard Elm but it's not soft either, it sort of falls in the middle