This was a leftover split of mulberry, both length and width are almost unchanged except for some sanding. Kind off nice when roughing out the basic profile takes only 10 minutes;-) there's only two rings in this bow, you can see the light earlywood separation in the closeup of the tip.
I don't make a lot of bendy handles but somehow it felt right for this stave.
Narrowed the handle just a bit and flipped the tips a little with steam.
This was a very pale coloured mulberry so I fumed it for about five days. Came out pretty dark for cheap low concentrate ammonia from the supermarket!
I glued some cork on the handle to make it a little more comfortable (I like beefy handles) and wrapped it with cotton cord and some brown b50.
Shot it a bit over the last week and it shoots really smooth so I am probably going to use it for the upcoming target competitions.
Specs:
Wood: mulberry
Length: 62"
Max width: 1.18" (3cm)
Draw weight: 48@28
Finish: fumed, danish oil
Nocks: ipe
String: 8 strand fasflight, endless loop
Pics:
// side profile
Generated from my Apple iPad using tools.rackonly.com// top
Generated from my Apple iPad using tools.rackonly.com// braced
// belly
// details
// full draw
