Hi everyone....happy christmas....I finnished this bow on the winter solstice, just shot him in with a few hundred arrows to see how stable he was. Of all the bow material combinations I beleive this has to be up there with the best. Very good speed and no hand shock at all...
It is 60lbs @27"and 59" ntn. Came in at 19oz..... for a 60lb bow with a 10" stiff handle, that is pretty light ( I think). I've been tweeking the design of this bow for a few years to see what the materials can take, this time I increased the bamboo thickness to 3/16" ( I usually use 1/8"), to see what difference it would make!!! This bow started with a 5" reflex and ended with 4" and took 1/4 " of set in the straight section of llimb. It seems that with these bows, after about 3 1/2" of reflex there is a slight deforming of the materials, probably the ipe belly. I dont think I'll push the reflex further with future bows of this type, but work on refinning the bending profile..... and maybe using a different core... Was wondering what was the biggest reflex anyone has got out of boo backed ipe to date, does anybody know? Was also wondering if anyone had tried a 50/50 thickness with the boo and belly???
By the way, finnished ths bow for the first time , with 4 or 5 coats of pure tung oil , then made my own wax polish out of beeswax and carnuba wax ( and various other bits)...another experiment
