made a board bow out of white ash backed with whole strands of jute string soaked them in diluted titebond3 then glued the unraveled string to the bow then did a blue jean backing over that.specs are:60''ntn i'm gessing 45/50# at 28''did 7'' handle with2'' wide limbs tapering to1'' then has straight ears1/2'' wide by 5''long shoots ok but only have carbon arrows for a50# recurve so they shoot funny