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Thanks for the replies folks. If Hazel is less forgiving than Ash like you folks say then I'll probably try Ash before hazel. By forgiving, I mean that as palm nut says, ash is better than hazel at coping with thin spots on the limbs from not quite perfect tillering. Probably because ash is...

Hi everyone, I've been thinking about making a bow, and was wondering if any of you had opinions on fairly common UK bow woods(I think i'll leave Yew and osage orange for later). The seemingly expert Derek Hutchison seems to be fairly keen on Hazel, it is really common so perhaps worth a...

Hi all, I'm curious to hear your opinions on various UK bow woods. I'd like to make a bow out of some wood growing near us here in Somerset, so I guess the tree would have to be a fairly common UK tree. First up, how good is Hazel? This guy seems to make quite a few bows out of it...