It’s not an exact copy, but close enough to be comfortable calling it a hedeby style longbow. It’s sapwood backed using the first layer under the bark as the sapwood was sound and I didn’t have much wood to work with. After rough out and cleaning up the lines and split outs, I was left with 7/8”wide and the narrowest point. So I based the design around that width. Keeping a straight section for about 10” each way of center before tapering to 3/8” single side nocks. I never dropped the weight outside of tillering for bend. It came out pulling 50# at 28” taking about 1” set. I chronied it with a 26” and 27” draw as I’m already stretching to pull 27” so I couldn’t pull the full 28”. But with a 625gr arrow I was getting 130fps from the 26” draw and 138fps from the 27”draw. So I would expect around 145fps with the full 28” draw. Not fast but fast enough for me considering it’s about a 12.5gpp arrow once pulled to full draw, and there is 2.5” sticking past the nock point. It’s surprisingly shock free and quiet at the shot. Atleast for me, it’s not the fastest style of bow, but I’m beginning to like it. as it seems quick and easy to make, light in the hand, and smooth to shoot.
The arrow pass is a pair of parallel lines that were filed in then filled with charcoal powder superglued in. The other markings are inked on with India ink to mark the center point on both back and belly. On the back is the horns of Odin and the belly is the jumis symbol.
Thanks for looking,
Kyle
