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Ash?

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#1 ·
OK so i am going to attempt to make a longbow to play with or if nothing else to hang on the wall. I have alot of Old barn wood that is Ash. Is ash a suitable wood to make a bow out of?
 
#2 ·
Yes, ash is a good bow wood (depending on the sub-species), so long as the moisture content has never gotten so low as to make it too brittle to bend.

Page discussing bow woods here:

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/6213

William