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BOW MATERIALS A list of the various kinds of woods from which bows havebeen made is a long one. By trial and error this list has beenwhittled down until only three remain: Yew Yew is an evergreen somewhat akin to cedar. It has a lim-ited distribution. It is found over our Pacific Northwest andin Europe, especially Spain and the Urals. Our best yew comes from Oregon's Sierra Nevada mountains. It is foundgrowing with big timber such as spruce and Western cedar.It is by nature of very slow growth and, if planted out inthe open, it forms a spreading tree with branches growingall the way to the ground; such a tree would not make a bowas it has too many knots. In the deep forest, however, it mustfight for light and grows upward. It is only in such foreststhat a trunk can be found that is long enough to make abow that is not full of knots. |
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