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Why make a rattan bow if it's slower than a wooden bow?
For one thing it's a good start if you want to make bows. It took me about 8-
9 hours to make a bow, a string and an arrow and it will probably take less
time for the second bow. Weiland makes a rattan bow within an hour.
Almost any rattan stick will do as long as there are no cracks in it, the
material is cheap, rather easy to find and very soft to work with. If you want
to make a wooden bow you have to find the right material, probably dry it
and it's rather hard to work with. The fibres of rattan seldom break so it's
ideal to have it with you while camping, canoeing and so on when you
probably will be rather rough against your bow.
How about backing the bow with some harder material like hickory to get
extra strength? Don't! The rattan don't withstand compression very well
according to Weiland. You could use rattan for backing. It seems that rattan
can take stretching far better then compression.