Here's one I just finished up, and I'm plum tickled with it. I made it from a blank I got from KnightD. It's bamboo-backed ipe, first time I've worked with ipe, but definitely not the last. It's 64" ntn, 57# @ 27", about an inch wide at the fades. Took almost no set-tips are still about 3/4" in front of the handle, started out at a fuzz over an inch reflex after I shortened it a few inches before tillering. Riser is osage, purpleheart, hickory, and ipe. Tip overlays are purpleheart, padauk, and mahogany. I pimped this one up a little with the laminated overlays and dye job. I tillered it until the reflex was almost straight at full draw, could probably get the tips opening up just a bit more and make a couple minor adjustments; but I like the weight its at and love the way it shoots so I'm leaving well enough alone. This thing is faaassst and shoots right where I'm looking. I named it "Hot Chocolate" because of the color and zippiness. The photos really don't do it justice, I'll try to get some better ones up if I can get an afternoon that isn't cloudy and dreary.
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