Hickory backed red oak English longbow

[Bernal]

Just finished my second bow and as such it was the first time I tried many things such as lamination, horn nocks, inlaid arrow plate, and the ELB shape.  The backing is a 5/32" hickory strip on a red oak base. It is 75 1/2 inches nock to nock and #47 at 28". I accidentally deflexed it 3/4 inch during lamination and then it took on another 1 1/4 inches of set for about 2 inches of string follow. I used Titebond III for the lamination, loctite for the nocks/arrow plate, and Arm-R-Seal (oil/urathane) for the finish. The nocks and arrow plate are cow horn that I cut and shaped myself. I'll be taking it out tomorrow to see how it shoots. I'm really pleased with how it turned out even with all the mistakes I made along the way and now I can't wait to start my next ELB.

[15DLongbow]

awesome bow, I'm a real sucker for the ELB style...

[soy]

Very nice, and the string follow will aid in accuracy and lend it's self to be a smooth shooter enjoy

[dwardo]

Very nice. Tiller looks great.

[blackhawk]

That's a fantastic start...nice job

[Bernal]

I got to shoot a few hundred arrows with this bow yesterday afternoon and it shot very nicely. Accurate and little to no hand shock. Both my friends that also shot it felt the same. I don't have a chrono, but my gut feeling is that it's a tad slow for it's draw weight, but I can live with that in exchange for the smooth release it has.

I have to thank Pearl Drums for suggesting in another post that I just accept the string follow and not try to take it out with heat.

15DLongbow: I'm with you on being a sucker for the ELB... to my eyes the ELB is the luxury car equivalent in the bow world as far as looks go.

[ErictheViking]

That is a beauty. Love the ELB.