Hey,
Figured since I'm a new member I'd go ahead and post some of the bows that I have made. Only three, and I'll try and list them in order.
My first bow is pretty rough on the tiller, but I'm very happy with it. It's a birch selfbow (I believe) and it's pulling around 55 lbs at 27 inches. There aren't really any specs I can provide for this bow as it has some character to it and isn't at all tapered evenly. Really just went by feel wth this one. (didn't really know what I was doing). Anyways, here are the pictures.
The second is one that I have recently completed. Its a bamboo backed ipe bow that's pulling 35 lbs at 27 inches. A little light, but my girlfriend loves it and she shoots it all the time. Anyways, I glued on a riser and wrapped it with some fake leather I found at Wal-Mart. The specs are as follows: 1 1/4" at the fades keeping that width until the last 15" then it tapers straight to 1/2". The thickness of the limbs is around 7/16" at the fadeouts and straight tapers to the tips to 3/8" Here you go.
The third is my most recent bow and my personal favorite. Its a bamboo backed osage recurve thats pulling what feels like around 55-60 lbs at 27 inches. This bow gets it and really rockets the arrows. By far my best and you should be able to see that. The specs are as follows: 1 1/4" of an inch at the fades keeping that width until the last 12" of the limb. From there, it tapers from 1 1/4" to around 3/8". Thickness of the limbs is around 7/8" at the fadeouts and tapers somewhat evenly to 3/8" at the tips. And here's the picture.
Hopefully you guys (and gals) like the picks and please feel free to critique anything you see from form to tiller to even the color of my room. It's all welcome. Enjoy.
Best Regards,
Ian Mittelberg
P.S.- Also, how do you apply for the BOM contest. I'd like to throw my osage and boo combo in for the running just to see where it gets. Thanks.
