Got the trade bow all finished up. Here're some specs.
Hickory, heat treated belly.
64 1/4" nock to nock.
1 3/8" wide.
Elk antler tips 5/16" wide.
Slightly narrowed and slightly working grip.
54#@28"(shouldn't give too much away there
)
wool wrap with elk hide grip.
TS-1 string(like fast flight plus)16 strands with yarn silencers(matching the handle wrap)
As it is a white wood and needs some sort of camo for hunting purposes I painted designs on the back in crafters acrylic. It is a bit crude, but looks like something a half wild indian might have done, if he was in a hurry
, so should fit the primitive catagory OK
tru oil finish.
I shot this bow a good bit and it holds at less than 1.5" of string follow when just unstrung. I reported before in another thread that I was getting 174 fps.......which I was but it was with about 9.25 GPP I was very carefull to make sure I had an arrow weight of 10GPP for the final chrony test. I have trouble (being a half breed hobbit/garden gnome) shooting consistently at 28" of draw but did manage an average speed of aproximately 160FPS, which I think is OK, not a barn burner, but no dawg either. Very comfortable to shoot and hits where I look. I'll let the recipient take the full draw pic.
Anyway, here are some pics. I'll probably get this on it's way by the end of the week, I hope the new owner likes it.
Darcy
