RE: Bamboo limbs
Wasn't bamboo Howard Hills favorite limbwood? Heck I ain't arguing w/THAT! But then of course that was before the advent of "actionwood" wasn't it?...Heehee!!<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>
All joking aside, I'm w/LBR - it's according to which bowyer you talk to (& maybe what day). I've also heard a chinese (I think) bamboo called tonkin cane to be superior even to other bamboo limbwoods. Right now I have two longbows w/bamboo limb cores, both supposedly tonkin (who can tell?). There's a slight but not remarkable difference in them & similar bows w/other limbwoods, so The benefits of the lighter mass weight of bamboo coupled w/its supposed better resilience have been nominal in my experiences. Sounds alot like the deal w/carbon limbs doesn't it??
Edited by - Arrowsmit on 01/21/2002 19:31:44