best wood to use for making a bow?.

But can you get a permit for a switchblade? Sword?

 

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Yew, if you can get that in England.

I know from the History Channel that yew from southern France was the favorite material for Welsh longbows. The core of the tree and its outer wood have very different properties. I forget which is which, but one is very springy and the other is rather rigid. This gives you the advantage of lamination without having to laminate.

 

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Hay I will send you some errm proper bow making wood. How much are you willing to pay?

 

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I was gonna say yew, but they beat me to it. I did see some interesting plans for a crossbow made from the leaf spring of a car, called the "atom smasher", of course it was from the 1950's.

 

You don't need a permit for a switchblade, or a sword. I am not lying, you do not need a sword permit, at least not here in Kentucky.

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I used to know someone who had built a crossbow from a leaf spring. 300 lb. pull, with crank and all. Very authentic.

However, he could not shoot standard crossbow quarrels. They would shatter. He used 1 in. solid oak dowels to make his bolts.