This is another bow I started several years ago that did not get finished. I started this bow at a time when there was a heated debate here on length of bow versus draw weight. One member, no longer, insisted that shorter bows could not be tillered to a heavy draw weight. Nothing I could say to Adam could convince him that you did not need a 6' long bow for 100#, or more, draw weight. At the time I had started this bow with the intention of making a heavier draw weight bow, heavier as in around 75#. During the debate I considered cutting this bow down to 60", it was 68" long, and making 100+ lbs bow to show him it could be done but then I thought "why bother". If he was not experienced enough to know better then it wasn't my problem. In the end Steve (Badger) decided to show him it could be done using Osage, of course Adam merely praised the Osage for being able to accomplish this
Anyway, on to the bow. I pulled the bow down from one of my racks a few weeks ago and worked it down a bit before starting, I don't and cannot comfortably use a 75# bow anymore, and re-did the heat-treating. The bow started out with just under 5 3/4" of reflex and ended up with just under 3" remaining. It had a bit of a kink in one limb, from the remains of a knot, which I partially took out with localized steam heat. The bow is 64" N to N and I tillered it to pull 57# @ 29". I made a linen string for the bow and have been shooting it quite a bit in my shop, too much snow outside. It shoots quite well. Here is the bow
