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Title: "DRAGONFLY" boo/ipe recurve
Post by: dragonman on July 22, 2014, 01:31:03 pm

Hi everyone heres another bow to look at....this is my best to date....fastest and smoothest...
its 64" and just under 1 3/8" wide at the fade out, with maple shims in the recurves and an oak powerlam....

I made an almost identical  bow a few months ago, but this one  has wider limbs...but roughly same draw weight 59lbs @26-27"
It was an experiment to test effeciency of wider verses narrower limbs.....Its only 2 bows,  but it appears to prove ( to me anyway)  that wider limbs take less set and are therefore less strained...and more efficient.....this was a topic Badger was talking about earlier this year and I was interested to test out, i thought it was right but was looking for objective proof....???

it weighs 24oz an oz heavier than the narrow limb version....I could have made skinnier tips but I prefer a more robust bow and it has enough speed that I dont have to worry about skiny tips....its finnished with just tung oil and hemp string deco

the dragonfly decoration is on earlier bow but intend to paint on new bow today...hope you like the pics, criticism and praise welcome ;D

Title: Re: "DRAGONFLY" boo/ipe recurve
Post by: dragonman on July 22, 2014, 01:32:49 pm

couple more pics, ( the artistic ones)

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Post by: bow101 on July 22, 2014, 01:33:30 pm

Very cool and nice bend.   8)

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Post by: autologus on July 22, 2014, 01:38:57 pm

Wow, that's a cool bow.  I like that a lot, very clean and beautiful.

Grady

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Post by: mwosborn on July 22, 2014, 02:16:03 pm

Very Nice!

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Post by: vinemaplebows on July 22, 2014, 03:16:23 pm

Nice bow, great tiller.

VMB

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Post by: Trapper Rob on July 22, 2014, 03:25:11 pm

Nice work.

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Post by: smoke on July 22, 2014, 04:18:26 pm

Creative design and very well executed!

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Post by: IdahoMatt on July 22, 2014, 06:02:53 pm

Great job man.  I like the strait recurves.  Great job on the tiller it looks spot on.

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Post by: SLIMBOB on July 22, 2014, 08:20:23 pm

Nice.  I like that a bunch.

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Post by: Aaron H on July 22, 2014, 08:32:12 pm

Great looking bow, nicely done.  Awesome tiller

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Post by: RT on July 22, 2014, 09:46:29 pm

Great looking bow David....

 How many lams is this bow made from? there seems to be a white shim toward the limbs tips. What is this for?

Rob

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Post by: tattoo dave on July 22, 2014, 10:26:19 pm

Fantastic bow Dave! I love those bamboo bows of yours, good to see another!

Tattoo Dave

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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on July 23, 2014, 05:54:43 am

Sweet bow I like the maple kerf.  Nice tipi too!

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Post by: chamookman on July 23, 2014, 06:19:43 am

Very nice ! Bob

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Post by: Badger on July 23, 2014, 08:05:43 am

 Nice one, the bow really held its profile.

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Post by: simson on July 23, 2014, 04:27:50 pm

Yep very nice interesting design. would like to shoot that thing

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Post by: dragonman on July 23, 2014, 04:59:31 pm

thanks very much for all the comments....much appreciated.

Badger,  yes the bow kept most of its profile,  lost less than 1/2"
RT. ...only a boo back and ipe belly... the shims  are there so I could achieve the bend to make the recurves....ipe will not bend with heat or steam