Anybody have an ASL with maple limb cores? How do you like them? Some pictures would be great

Got this maple lam hill from Craig ekin yesterday

Here is an all maple “American” Steve Turay made me a few years back.

Here is a maple lam Tim Meigs longbow I had not too long ago.

Here is a maple lam Tim Meigs longbow I had not too long ago.

No pictures but I've owned several.

I'm not one that believes corewood makes that much difference.

Maple is my favorite core wood. JF

I agree with Frank. The glass and the design is the real hero in the equation.

I was completely sold on Maple lams in bows That changed after I shot a bamboo laminated ASL. I can’t say one way or the other a far as performance goes, but they feel much smoother to me on the draw.

Most people even myself don't shoot well enough to know any type of difference in the cores in the bow. Just because I have bamboo core isn't going to make me shoot any better than if I had a maple core. Or you get the guys who want the ASL's to have speed, If you wanted a bow to shoot fast put down the longbow and shoot a compound.

Beautiful Hill bow!

I agree with Justin Newell about maple cores and I have an ash core on my Shelton that is incredible.

I’m convinced you can make a bow without cores. Just glass

Earl Hoyt said the same thing many years ago. And he tried foam between the limbs. And it worked but the inferior foam didn’t hold the glue. Just like everyone else on here. I had an all fiberglass Bear “ASL” as a kid. They don’t look good without wood but will work fine.

I guess my fiberglass bears were recurves. I can’t remember the brand of ASL style long bow my fiberglass kids bow was all I remember is, it was yellow

The Ferret recurve had solid glass limbs.

I seem to recall that in the old (1970s perhaps) Howard Hill Archery catalog, they offered a model with maple lams called the "Mountain Man".

Didn't Louie Armbruster use Maple?

Beautiful bows Newell38.

You’re just a show off justin ??????????

That Mountain Man is a beauty bow.

Yeah , that ‘Mountain Man ‘ is crazy nice .

Jim Belcher built new a Union Jack that was grey dyed maple. Great shooter

Yeah , that ‘Mountain Man ‘ is crazy nice .

Jim Belcher built new a Union Jack that was grey dyed maple. Great shooter

If Justin gets a new bow, we all get to see It. Works for me.

There are even more pics on traditionalarcherysociety.com in the Howard hill longbowmen category! Maple is a great core wood. I just got done shooting this bow and it really is something….I’m very particular too

I bet Craig takes few more orders today for a mountain man.

Love them maples!

Justin them are some mighty fine bows there.

Justin is a collector, nice

All nice bows

American with Maple lams I just acquired.

Zonic, bet that bow shoots great eh. Here's a TD American with maple lams. Best ASL I've ever shot.

Hatrick, thats a sweet bow. Always wanted to try an American.

I had a Newwood string follow ASL with maple cores. I'm with the group that can't shoot the difference. However, I do think that some ASLs with extremely trapped limbs (i.e. JD Berrys) the core material plays more of a role. In a standard rectangular cross section, not so much.

Yeah Hatrick, not sure if it's the name on the bow or the Maple lams but it sure does zip an arrow. I love it.

Hard maple is the blue collar worker of bow wood...nothing fancy, down to earth, economical, and tough.

It's been the go to wood of most of our production bows....day in day out, fads come and go.....but maple remains.

Lately I've been playing with black locust, and elm...two other bow woods that are what I consider "down to earth"...bow woods.

Nothing wrong with maple.

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