Here’s a little bendy handle persimmon bow I built for my jiujitsu teacher. I had built him a black locust bow that snapped right before giving it to him. So I feel this is a good one to take its place. I’ve already given the bow to him so I’m going off memory for te dimensions. It pulls a touch over 50# at a 25” draw. And is smooth, quick and quiet at the shot. I’m prettty sure it’s about 53” between the nocks (can’t remember if it’s 52 or 54”, so went te middle). The 4” handle section is 1 1/8” wide going to 1 3/8” from fade to midlimb then tapering to 3/8” nocks. The overlays are what I’m pretty sure is leopard wood, either way I like how it looks with the persimmon. I learned that persimmon bends well with dry heat and takes a heat treat well. I flipped the tips, corrected about 1” of sideways bend and pulled in about 1” reflex, which pulled out leaving it flat between the handle and nocks, with a bit of wiggle from the natural curving plus the flipped tips. And it bent very easy. I left a bit of cambium for that splotchy look on the back. I love how this wood has streaks of color running through it. Overall it’s a grayish brown wood, with good dark patches running down it and streaks of green and purple Hughes. This wood is slowly becoming a favorite of mine to work.
Thanks for looking,
Kyle
