Is it shame to make bows from board wood?

[Roy from Pa]

I cut down Osage trees, then cut 1/4 sawn boards from them, then cut those boards into billets 34 x 2 x 5/8th. Sometimes a log is not straight enough to make a good bow. But by making billets and Z splicing them together, yields many more  good bow's from a single log. Nope, you have nothing to be ashamed of.

[Frank]

I started with board bows and then went to staves.  I'm now slowly going back to board bows.  Why??

Easier and cheaper to get the wood I want.  I'm getting the hankering to make 72" bows.  Yew is expensive and lemonwood is almost non existant.

So, going to do the hickory board backed with bamboo thing.  I can make all the 72" bows I want.  

A wood bow is a wood bow.

[bowur]

hickory board bows are the way to go. Do fancy laminated recurves shoot much better than just flat board bows?

[George Tsoukalas]

BUT... once in awhile in my bowyering life it's nice to go outside with saw in hand and cut my own bow wood, dry it and make a bow. Kind of makes me feel complete.    Jawge

[Ed Isaacs]

Nothing at all wrong with board bows.  Shame?  No way.

[Steve Kendrot]

poke, Just look at the so you want to build a bow thread.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=002064

[Roy from Pa]

Going to try my first ever Red Oak board bow. And I'm going to love it:)

[Pac'em out]

Right on, Roy.  Please share the pics as you progress.  Oh yeah, I like the can of PBR sneaking into your picture!

[Innocente]

i concur with pac, roy.  pabst is the beer of choice for us board bowyers. if i ever do get me a stave to work imma switch to wine for the duration, though.

[Roy from Pa]

LOL Pac and Inn, it sure washes the dust down:) I'll post some pictures as I go Pac.

[JMartin]

I like board bows, they're a lot of fun to shoot!

[Harperclan7]

the bows look excellent a deffinate influence to all of us who are looking to build bows