Yew or Lemonwood Staves

ivanthehunter

Im seriously interested in making my own bow and i,ve managed to secure a nice peice of yew after viewing some 1000 or more trees but ive been advised to begin making my first bow with lemonwood (degame as its international name) but i dont want to add to the co2 of the world with an unnessery trip to the uk to buy this.. a visual inspection is a must as i must aviod any timber splits or bad twists! Does anybody know of a shop or group of people that might sell or be able to provide high quality staves that have been inspected by a fully fledged bowyer.

Dave D

Dont know about the type of wood but what about the beginners diy kit in Quicks http://www.quicksarchery.co.uk/superbasket/product.php?product=141
Or even Flybow in Ireland http://www.flybowshop.com/assets/s2dmain.html?http://www.flybowshop.com/

Panserborn

Yup, Flybow (in Mayo I think) are the people to contact about all things longbow.

ivanthehunter

cheers lads thanks for web sites addresses. better get into training coz its going to be a lot harder pulling a wooden bow than the compound bow.. that shop has me well impressed.