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Offline Barrage

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Short sinewed recurve
« on: November 21, 2009, 02:55:06 pm »
This is the first sinew backed bow I have done and I gotta say, wow!  It's a snappy shooter and very fun little bow. 
As for details, it's 48" ntn.  Around 48# or so at 26" with a bit of bend through the handle.  Maple was recurved, pretillered and heat treated prior to sinewing.  2 layers of sinew where layed down with knox.  The handle is leather strips that were laminated and glued on after sinewing to the back and belly, and then shaped.  No reflex was heat treated in, but the sinew did induce a small amount, probably a bit over 1".  After shooting in, it was back to straight.  Nocks are basically pin nocks.  Thanks for looking!

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 03:07:27 pm »
Great little bow, Travis.
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 03:11:49 pm »
Yeah, Pat is right
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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 03:14:29 pm »
it's cool, man, very cool.
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 03:18:12 pm »
A lot talent and skill went into the bow. 48" no less - very impressive. Bookmarked for Self BOM fun, too.
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Offline Josh

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2009, 03:55:13 pm »
nice one!!  tiller looks great.   lotta work went into that bow and it shows!   Bet she's fast as lightning too.   :)  -josh
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Offline kylerprochaska

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2009, 04:16:00 pm »
Looks great...I agree with Josh bet she slings an arrow pretty fast!

-Ky
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2009, 05:11:08 pm »
Looks G R E A T !!!
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2009, 05:20:11 pm »
looks good, amazing what sinew can do  on a short bow!
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2009, 06:20:24 pm »
Did a Nice Job Travis....tiller looks really nice...and I am a sucker for a Simple Sinewed Bow...and this is as simple as they get....Bendy Handle and all....I like it......
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Offline mox1968

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2009, 07:59:04 pm »
nice job ,did you heat the recurves at the ends or was that just the sinew??
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2009, 08:30:16 pm »
Great bow,  I really like those sinewed shorties. 
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Offline The Gopher

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2009, 10:19:29 pm »
fantastic, i really like how the leather handle is so smooth
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Offline Okie

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2009, 11:33:57 pm »
Great job. I really like the braced and full draw profiles.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Short sinewed recurve
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2009, 01:31:16 am »
What a neat little bow - I just love it!
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