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An experiment with different wood
Pernambuco is becoming rare, especially the beautiful, dense and dark kind they had in the old days. Everybody is looking for substitutes. Sometimes Ironwood makes good bows. I have also tried Snake wood and Bania Swarzia. They can give good results, but the bows are different from Pernambuco bows. Lately, I found a new wood […]
Curve and Taper
Yung Chin, a famous bowmaker in NY once said, he had never seen a bow with a full curve that sounded good. A full curve is when a stick touches, or even goes through the hair, when the bow is not tightened. A bow with a full curve will usually bounce very enthusiastically. Some bowmakers […]
De Perfecte … Strijkstok (Volkskrant 31-10-2015)
De Perfecte…Strijkstok
Judging Pernambuco Wood
Looking at a piece of Pernambuco wood we are in the same situation as with a finished bow. We need to be careful in our judgment. All the real masters of our trade have been amazingly careful with their judgments. I have changed my mind about the same bow so many times that I do […]