Ash laminate vs. fiberglass laminate?!! Whatcha think?

[2crazy2run]

I've got a white ash board that is begging to be made into a bow! Does anyone elses wood talk to them?  My wife is concerned. The ash has grain that runs the entire ten feet...quite unusual......shud be good for a bow. Then build a fiberglass bow on the same form and same poundage and compare the two!  Any suggestions?

[wood carver 2]

It's ok if your wood talks to you as long as you don't start answering!    
Dave.

[2crazy2run]

Uh oh

[Pat B]

It would be like comparing apples and oranges.

[2crazy2run]

That is kind of the point....contrasting the differences in the two styles. There are a lot more important factors other than speed. If speed was what we were after then we would all be shooting compound crossbows! I may pull in a friend with his beautiful selfbow and try to get some data with it.....I'll try to get my pounxages similar to his. This "test" will not be a cold hard numbers shootoff. I know that I shoot longbows for the wonderful feel and pointability. They are light and beautiful.  Shooting and hunting with a longbow provides me a feeling of simple self sufficiency in a beautiful tool thatseems to muster the spirit of hunters from centuries past.9