Best woods for mini-bow making are :
bamboo (not really wood...)
rattan-cane (not really wood either...)
osage
hazel-tree
robinia
And generally woods with fine fibres and that are quite flexible.
The recommended length is 30cm as a minimum.
However, I made a 22 cm long bow with bamboo. Very tiny bows tend to be diffucult to handle and more fragile than larger ones. They are also much less accurate.
Medhi, a friend who makes a lot of miniaturized bows, wish to do a take down recurve using laminated woods for the limbs ! This technic has not yet been tested !
As for myself, I'd like to make a miniaturized classic recurve with an aluminium handle... I will be a long term project. For now, I've some osage wood that I would like to transform into nice long-bows : a 50 cm one, and smaller ones with the remaining of wood.
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