[MR] bow maker wood selection

[kjworz at comcast.net]

And you might consider Osage Orange.  AKA Bois d'Arc; Bodark; Horse
Apple - Maclura pomifera.

Notice the Bois d'Arc moniker....  Early French traders in the New World called it that, or 'wood of bow'  

Admittedly the wood is not period to the Old World.  But it may be the best wood available to you.





 Hickory, loses > limb power over time.    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.
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