maples
Dear everybody,
Some special (+ a bit silly) question:
Has someone experience and compared field maple with tatar maple ?
Here in Germany I can't get hands on tatar maple but it seems to me that field maple is a close relative. I found field maple is lighter and softer than our mountain maple.
+ I remember somebody wrote that turkish bowyers used field maple more commonly than tatar maple ?
Cheeers out, Uli
Some special (+ a bit silly) question:
Has someone experience and compared field maple with tatar maple ?
Here in Germany I can't get hands on tatar maple but it seems to me that field maple is a close relative. I found field maple is lighter and softer than our mountain maple.
+ I remember somebody wrote that turkish bowyers used field maple more commonly than tatar maple ?
Cheeers out, Uli
I wrote about this subject. I have a piece of core wood from original Turkish bow. A engineer friend of mine tested the wood and the result was acer campestre - field maple. I used it and I am happy with it. But I advise that the bow stays in drying season for min. 4-5 months.
Cem
Cem
Cem,
thanks for your info.
regarding this engineering/scientific approach my next question would be:
was tatar maple included in the databank for identification of species ?
if not, I suggest acer campestre could also be the "closest match" to tatar maple.
you have worked with all types of wood: would you agree with my impression that field maple is quite a light and soft wood (compared to the mountain maple) ?
8) Uli
thanks for your info.
regarding this engineering/scientific approach my next question would be:
was tatar maple included in the databank for identification of species ?
if not, I suggest acer campestre could also be the "closest match" to tatar maple.
you have worked with all types of wood: would you agree with my impression that field maple is quite a light and soft wood (compared to the mountain maple) ?
8) Uli
Uli,
Tatar and field maple are not ''hard '' type, grains are thick, fibers good, s.gravity not very heavy , I found it flexible. I think tatar and field maple are useful for thick sal for good stability. I used mountain maple too and I found it is lighter than field maple. Hard rock maple's grains are thin, s. gravitiy high, I think it is very good for longer Turkish bow.Acer negundo is too soft and not good.
All these maples are good and useful, I believe workmanship is more important.
Cem
Tatar and field maple are not ''hard '' type, grains are thick, fibers good, s.gravity not very heavy , I found it flexible. I think tatar and field maple are useful for thick sal for good stability. I used mountain maple too and I found it is lighter than field maple. Hard rock maple's grains are thin, s. gravitiy high, I think it is very good for longer Turkish bow.Acer negundo is too soft and not good.
All these maples are good and useful, I believe workmanship is more important.
Cem
Thanks for sharing experience. Right, a good craftsman probably can make a bow from whatever wood. However working with this soft maple is a pleasure (easy bending, shaving, glueing etc.).
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