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Originally Posted by provins  Rob,
Will you be using the remains for knife handles? |
You never know!
Now that I can see inside the wood, I'd have to say that it looks very much like Black Palmera (borassus flabellifer) Beautiful to look at but bugger all use as a bow-wood!
It's also a proper pigto work with, too. The tough fibres sand & work at amush slower rate than the pith wood, which is very, very soft. I reckon that the only way it'd be of any use as a bow would be to use it short-term, whist it still has a decnt moisture content. Otherwise it's cack!
Tchoh! It seems my perfect grammar & spelling've gone boobies uppermost, too!