Goofy question

[DC]

Well I thought while it was out I would pull it.

[bradsmith2010]

DC,,I dont think I could fix that one,,

[IrishJay]

DC, this is why we can't have nice things.

[willie]

Just thinking out loud...Without the reflex, the string angle is gonna suffer in addition to starting behind the handle to begin with.  Stack weight would be an issue.  Inefficient I would think without the reflex.

Exactly that's what I thought but just asking anyway,  maybe if early draw weight is sufficient like Sleek mentioned.

there are primitive bows with deflexed tips. none with deflexed handles come to mind.

[DC]

Egyptian bows are deflexed in the handle aren't they.

[DC]

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xia09Ix-NJs
Mike Loades talking about Egyptian bows. They are actually RD's with the limbs straight at brace height.

[PatM]

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xia09Ix-NJs
Mike Loades talking about Egyptian bows. They are actually RD's with the limbs straight at brace height.

Nothing primitive about them though. 

[PatM]

Just thinking out loud...Without the reflex, the string angle is gonna suffer in addition to starting behind the handle to begin with.  Stack weight would be an issue.  Inefficient I would think without the reflex.

Exactly that's what I thought but just asking anyway,  maybe if early draw weight is sufficient like Sleek mentioned.

there are primitive bows with deflexed tips. none with deflexed handles come to mind.

 There was a deflexed handle bow retrieved from a lake in  Italy.

Mohegan bows were also deflexed.

[IrishJay]

Here's an R/D I'm currently working on, has a bit of heat shaping left before tiller. The deflex is natural, and I'm thinking of heating some of it out. What do you guys think?

[SLIMBOB]

The bow found in Italy...some speculation that the archeologists had the bow backwards.  If we are talking about the same one.

[DC]

Here's an R/D I'm currently working on, has a bit of heat shaping left before tiller. The deflex is natural, and I'm thinking of heating some of it out. What do you guys think?

Leave it, RD's are cool As long as you have some net reflex.

[willie]

Mohegan bows were also deflexed.

Pat, do you think the mohegan bows were deflexed by design or disuse? the mohegans had access to some decent bowmaking woods whereas the deflexed designs I was thinking of came from areas where poor wood was used out of necessity.

[PatM]

Are you talking deflexed handles or tips?

[Hawkdancer]

Well I thought while it was out I would pull it.

Oops!  Methinks, something went wrong somewhere !  Hopefully, I won't ever have that problem!
Hawkdancer

[Traxx]

DC..I suppose i should have made it more clear,who and what i directed my question to..

Does an R/D bow out perform a recurve or a bow with only Deflex..

The "only Deflex" part left me to question,if Reflex was meant,instead of Deflex?