[MR] bow maker

[Yeehaw069 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/24/03 6:46:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
m.c.howard at verizon.net writes:


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I asked my father who is an archery technician professionally about these 
bows.  And while he has not worked with this particular brand of bow before, he 
has made many "self" bows.  He said that since they are solid hickory wood, and 
not laminate, that they arent going to be very good at all.  Hickory, loses 
limb power over time.  And he believes that they will probably break before too 
long.  Good woods for bows of course one is yew (oregon, and english), 
Lemonwood, red elm, or red cedar.  Sasaphras is a possibility, but rare.  If you are 
looking to make a bow, then there are other companies out there with better 
products, but if youre looking for a target bow, i would sugest looking at a 
archery shop for used ones (thats where i got mine).  Granted my dad kinda 
played a partin that, but its not uncommon to find good deals there.
                                                                              
 William of Bedford
                                                                         
(mundane: William Howell)
PS: contact me offlist if anyone wants to talk archery.