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It is the reverse of lemonwood as to strains. Hickory willstand all manner of stretch but will not stand compression.It does not have good recovery, it is very slow in action andbadly follows the string. All bows of this kind are made from hardshelled or whitehickory which is nearly all sapwood. A 12 inch log will havea heartwood core of not more than 2 inch diameter. I believethat the shell bark or red hickory would make a far betterbow. This has a relatively thin rind of sapwood with a darkcolored heartwood. This wood it tough and is easily worked. Laminations Many American archers were not satisfied with the bowsmade from nature's products. In the hope of creating a moreefficient bow, a number of bowyers tried some experimentswith combinations of different kinds of wood; some with woodand synthetic materials, some with wholly synthetic and somewith combinations of metal, synthetics and wood. This couldnot have been possible prior to World War I because thesesynthetics had not yet been created and, even if they had,the old hide and fish glues would not have held them together.These old style adhesives were not stable, even with the ad-dition of isinglass, because they were affected by temperatureand humidity which resulted in joints that crawled or crystal-lized. |
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