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BrushWolf
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What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 08:17:00 PM »
What core is your favorite for a recurve?
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legends1
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 09:31:00 PM »
Carbon or bamboo
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Zmonster
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 09:34:00 PM »
I'm partial to Yew. Only because of its beautiful color.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 09:46:00 PM »
I love Yew and so far have been happy with the Bamboo in my Fedora. If I had to pick one...Yew would be my choice.
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ron w
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 09:54:00 PM »
It's Bamboo for me.........
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Jwilliam
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 10:24:00 PM »
Bamboo as well !!!
Bill
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njloco
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 10:26:00 PM »
Yew for me.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 10:32:00 PM »
Bamboo definitely number one. Yew is nice. I actually do love maple also. I've had some sweet shooting bows that had nice maple inside. Still on the fence about carbon/foam truth be told, prolly why I sold my Zipper.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 10:36:00 PM »
Bamboo but maple is a close second.
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old_goat2
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 22, 2013, 10:45:00 PM »
Bamboo, bamboo and bamboo! Hven't shot foam or yew so my experience don't count for much on this poll;-) Have shot red elm and maple and bamboo is way superior to them.
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LongStick64
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 06:40:00 AM »
Bamboo 100% never had an issue, always worked, Yew would come in second but never Carbon or Foam, never liked the "feel" of either.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 08:28:00 AM »
Have always loved bamboo, never tried yew. But foam is really, really nice. I did have a problem with a Pronghorn I ordered with bamboo cores a few years back--the clear glass developed splits from both limb bases. Herb replaced the limbs with hardrock maple cored limbs. They are quicker, but not nearly as smooth as the bamboo.
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Burnsie
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 08:53:00 AM »
elm
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BrushWolf
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 09:12:00 AM »
Sounds like yew and bamboo are about equal. There doesn't seem to be much love for foam.
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coaster500
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 09:41:00 AM »
Would be kind of cool to do a side by side comparison with bows built as close to identical as possible using different core materials to feel and hear the difference???
Probably been done but I'd like to see it...
Most of m y bows are bamboo but I’ve tried carbon, foam, Yew and probably a bunch of others…. Problem was they were all different bow designs so I don’t think that works well for a test???
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Will Cocke 2
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 09:54:00 AM »
Bamboo on most of mine. If I have carbon and I do I will not have a foam core. I love my bamboo core carbon backed but do not care for carbon and foam.
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Pops
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March 23, 2013, 10:26:00 AM »
I like Bamboo the best. Not a fan of carbon & foam
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oldtimerbow
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 10:49:00 AM »
Elm is very nice also. Nice grain and makes for a smooth fast bow.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 10:56:00 AM »
Me for yew.
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Re: What do you prefer bamboo,yew,foam
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March 23, 2013, 11:03:00 AM »
I have bamboo core in all my bows!
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