I have seen several questions and threads on will this wood make a bow lately. If possible, lets list them all in one place. I have seen several folks making bows from woods I didn't know would work. Would be nice to know of any that have been tried that worked out good.
My short list of successful bow woods(ones I have used):
Red Oak, Hickory, Peacan, Iron wood, Osage.
anyone else want to list their sucessful woods?
I listed IronWood, thats what I heard it called around here, it is actually a black locust, sorry.
One that I'm going to try that may surprise people is scotch broom. I have my eye on a clump of 'old growth' scotch broom where there are 6' long trunks 2 1/2" thick. I saw it on a list of working bow woods. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/bowyersjournal/vpost?id=1385521&highlight=working+bowwoods
Black Walnut,Ash,Yew,Mulberry to name a few more.
Anyone ever try dogwood, I'm about to clear several of those out so I can breath.
All woods CAN make a bow. Better woods for self bows. Osage , Hickory, Ash, Hackberry, Red Elm, White oak, Red Oak,Yew, Walnut, Cherry.... Add a backing and the "good" list keeps expanding.
White Ash,
Red Oak,
White Oak,
Red Elm,
Osage,
Yew,
Hickory (backing) Walnut (core) Rosewood (belly),
Hickory (backing) Walnut (core) Osage (belly),
Hickory (backing) Osage (belly)