It forms the back of the bow and is being stretched.
Best american wood for longbow.
Osage bow shown below.
However apart from simple short lived lightweight bows english yew is not generally a good longbow wood.
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The beauty and strength in yew as a bow wood comes from the sapwood heartwood combination.
Hackberry very similar to elm and makes a very good bow for its density.
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Art young speaks highly of a hickory backed walnut longbow.
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Sas pioneer traditional wood long bow.
I don t know the moe or mor of the wood but it will flex and return to it s original shape better than the ones i have made from hickory hard maple and pacific yew.
Osage wood makes an attractive bow as well.
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The sas pioneer is one of the best traditional longbows with some unique.
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Al prefers osage wood above all others because of it s density ruggedness and longevity.
Cherry very weak in tension and not overly strong in compression.
Sapwood the white wood that is on the outside of the tree just below the bark excels under tension.
Yew the wood most associated with the longbow is yew imported in huge quantities for many years in the heyday of the longbow as a weapon of war.
Nowadays archers become more interested in traditional bows.
From the medieval english longbows to american style flat bows and self bows aka selfbows.
It seems to me that the best bow material for bow making is bamboo.
Yew is typically regarded as the best wood for making longbows.