Mullberry?

[Dirty Bill]

Would mullberry make a good self bow? How about sassafrass? I have pieces of each big enough to make bows from.        

[owlbait]

Both will work.

[ozarkcherrybow1]

My favorite selfbow to date is a mulberry. Treat it like osage and get down to heartwood, just make it a little wider than you would osage.
  I have had 2 failures with sassafras, but I won't give up on it yet....Sassafras is called a great bow wood in (I think it was) the Witchery of Archery.
  Good luck...Terry

[onemississipp]

"The Osage orange (sometimes hyphenated) or Osage apple or simply Osage (Maclura pomifera) is an ornamental plant in the mulberry family Moraceae."

I would think mulberry would work.

[Shaun]

Mulberry is good. It is used as the center lam on bamboo japanese bows. I have seen one mulberry self bow and it was a great shooter. Lighter and not quite as hard as osage, but very fine bow wood. I have heard of sassafras bows, but not seen one.

[ishiwannabe]

http://www.murraygaskins.com/mulberry.html

This should answer your question rather well.

[Dirty Bill]

Thanks Isihiwannabe.That was a good read.  

[jasonbker]

Mulberry is a joy to work with.... Slightly wider in the mid-limbs... I enjoy using it for my sinew recurves as well... Is it as good as Osage... Everyone will have a different answer for you... Good luck...