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DarylS
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Re: 460 Year Old Bow Discovered in Alaska
13/03/22 05:40 AM

That is interesting. Judging by the design, I would suggest it is birch, not spruce.
It would need to have wider and thinner limbs to be useful in Spruce, imho.
I've made bows just like that one, in birch and maple.

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460 Year Old Bow Discovered in Alaska	Ripp	12/03/22 03:42 PM
Re: 460 Year Old Bow Discovered in Alaska	DarylS	13/03/22 05:40 AM
Re: 460 Year Old Bow Discovered in Alaska	260rem	13/03/22 06:04 PM
Re: 460 Year Old Bow Discovered in Alaska	NitroX	13/03/22 06:58 PM

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