SEEMS LIKE PEAR POSE TO BE GOOD FOR MAKING LONG BOWS, OK

????  CUT ONE , FORM IT, TIE/ATTACH SMALL ROPE TO ENDS PULLING IT INTO LITTLE/SLIGHT BOW CONFIGURATION & LET IT DRY TIL ITS DRY.

ANY EXPERIENCED ADVICE, I GOT ZEOP BOUT THIS ,JES ASKING.

You might read this-

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=16010.0

2 hours ago, Buck Nall said:

ANY EXPERIENCED ADVICE, I GOT ZEOP BOUT THIS ,JES ASKING.

Nope I don't Buck...Seems the actual tree's are not very hardy at least this far North...I've seen many of them come down during high winds; seems like the more mature the more prone they are to toppling.

 

When I was a kid, there was an elder Native American who lived down the street in a very small, modest home. We lived pretty close to a large creek/small river; willow trees were plentiful along the banks as were many white birch. I remember watching him make bows form the willow and birch....what I remember most was most was his tools were various types/colors of glass...he would so quietly and carefully carve on those bows with different glass...I always felt important when he would ask me to hand him this piece or that piece of glass...He made many a small bow for this kids that would hang out there to watch...sure wish I had been a better student...I realize now there was a lot more to have been learned that how to make a bow...

Dunno about pear wood, Buck. Canya find some osage orange?

Have to agree with Gene Osage orange was used by the Indians to make bows. My BIL had a friend make a long bow of it for him.

ash is the preferred wood. long straight grain and very strong.  can also be bent and laminated for a recurve bow.

Thanks everybody, guess I'll sh*t can this idea. Cya.