Archery Bow
What is the best wood and method to make an archery bow (I'm in California)?
I want to make a good bow, 58" long, with about 35 lbs of force. Any ideas, methods, tips, or links would be very appreciated. Thanks!
The "best" wood depends on the type of bow you wish to make, where you happen to live (what's available in YOUR area?) and how skilled you are in bow building.
It is fairly easy to make a bow of the kind you wish to make, no matter what "Chasing Fever" might have to say about it. (may know "alot" about weapons, I doubt it - seems to think only compounds are "powerful enough" to hunt with, no matter that all-wood primitive bows have been used to take down African animals for tens of thousands of years. r u listening "Chasing Fever"?)
For what I have found to be some of (if not THE) best information on building bows, visit the following websites. Read, ask questions, and pay attention.
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php
http://tradgang.com/ (I emphatically recommend the "Ashby Reports" for anyone who is serious about bowhunting)
http://www.bowyers-den.com/
http://primway.net/
http://primitiveways.com/
These websites are built, run and populated by the best bowyers (that's folks who build bows) around. Period.
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