| From: tclem03
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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Anyone have experience with hot hornbeam bows? Anything I need to pay attention to when attempting to build a bow from this material?
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| From: RonG
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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You need to go to the self bow site
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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Not as many selfbow posts on here as there used to be, but there are still a few that have experience with hhb. Bjrogg just finished one up a few days ago, and he’s always willing to help, as are several others.
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| From: arlone
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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Yes, page back to find Bjrogg's posts started on Feb 12 and last post Feb. 27. Makes a bow with lots of photos. There have been others before so check using the Keyword and handle searches. There is you tube, sure there are lots of bow builds some should be HHB?
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| From: Jeff Durnell
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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I've made em. It's my favorite white wood for a bow. Nothing crazy to watch out for. It seasons well, heat treats well, bark comes off easy during the growing season, takes little set when designed within its capabilities, doesn't fret easily or take set unnecessarily, holds tiller well, it's diffuse porous, so works nicely with hand tools and finishes very, very well.
I don't have anything negative to say about hhb so long as we stay away from trees that have grown twisted.
HHB is poor man's osage.
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| From: S Quinton
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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Check out Marc StLouis's website, I've had several his bows. He builds some great hophornbeam bows:
https://sites.google.com/site/marcsbow sandarrows/home
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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The only downside I find is that it is prone to inclusions and I think sawfly(?) damage.
I have seen some that's as clean a typical Hickory or Maple but sometimes it will be riddled with dark bits and grown over larva tracks that may include what looks like a fossilized grub in a dead end.
I think sapsuckers like to punch holes in it too.
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| From: Juancho
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| Date: 01-Mar-24 |
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naughty splinters. That's the only thing to watch out for . It makes nice bows
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 02-Mar-24 |
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I agree with pretty much everything said.
Seems like it’s either naughty or nice. It seems like no matter how nice the stave looks, it has a few unseen challenges.
It likes to tear off your back when splitting so I use a saw kerf to help control the rough shape of my back. Then I split it the rest of the way.
It takes forever to really dry out and cure good if you don’t reduce it to close to bow dimensions.
It also loves to give you drying checks. Sealing back is essential and reducing belly really helps reduce checking.
I find I use a rasp, file and scraper a lot. You have to be careful with draw knife. Sometimes it likes to tear.
I think osage is more user friendly, but Hop still can make a good stick.
Bjrogg
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| From: tclem03
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| Date: 05-Mar-24 |
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Thank you all for your responses. I appreciate it.
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