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Offline wildwills

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Re: Bamboo backed Purpleheart.
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2015, 02:42:40 pm »
From the research I did before making, longer is the way to go...drove to go the flatbow route and extra long (think ELB length even for flatbow) versus the pyramid style build.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Bamboo backed Purpleheart.
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2015, 02:50:02 pm »
Mass weight would be my concern.  a 72" x 2" PH bow would weigh 3#.
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Re: Bamboo backed Purpleheart.
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2015, 03:02:42 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on September 22, 2015, 02:50:02 pm
Mass weight would be my concern.  a 72" x 2" PH bow would weigh 3#.
Well, plus backing and a handle we might make it 4.  >:D Then I can use it as a club as well.
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