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Bows / Re: 48" osage shorty bendy handle recurve build
« Last post by willie on February 22, 2026, 03:38:51 pm »
Quote from: superdav95 on February 22, 2026, 12:51:30 am
I read through some of that’s stuff on sinew and chew vs hide glue.  The twisted sinew cable bow is also very cool.


knowing you are an experimental and questioning kind of guy, I would ask....

do you have any ideas about how much sinew should stretch in order to add the most benifit?

or asked another way, how high or far away from the belly is optimal?
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Bows / 150# recurve
« Last post by Marc St Louis on February 22, 2026, 03:27:32 pm »
I talked about such a bow about 10 years ago http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,54972.msg746709.html#msg746709. At the time I wasn't interested in making it but I did get around to building one, after the guy couldn't find anyone to make it for him, but never got around to posting pictures.  There is no full draw image but here are a couple pictures





The bow was 150# @ 30" and made out HHB backed with Maple.  It was a "crazy" build and not something I would recommend.  The string tension at brace was nuts.  Here is a picture as I was tillering it drawn to 29"

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Flight Bows / Re: First flight arrow.
« Last post by Badger on February 22, 2026, 03:09:48 pm »
I have a feeling that your 30# arrow will do best from your 50# bow. Ivar Malde has been very generous with his data on flight arrows. He is most likely the worlds top authority on wood arrows and he is suggesting 1" deflection for a 50# bow and to ignore spine calculations.  An arrow with 1" deflection is what currently holds the world flight record for 50#.
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Bows / Re: February BOM entires
« Last post by sleek on February 22, 2026, 01:41:01 pm »
Looks great Wooddamon1, and thanks for joining in :)
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Bows / Re: Overbuilt?
« Last post by wooddamon1 on February 22, 2026, 01:30:15 pm »
Beautiful bow.
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Bows / Re: February BOM entires
« Last post by wooddamon1 on February 22, 2026, 01:22:17 pm »
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,73552.0.html

See if I did this right from my phone.
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Bows / Re: Osage Bow
« Last post by wooddamon1 on February 22, 2026, 01:17:04 pm »
Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.

Hamish, I made another bow with mahogany handle a few years ago, I think you may be correct. This one has a lot nicer figure in it.
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Bows / Re: 48" osage shorty bendy handle recurve build
« Last post by stuckinthemud on February 22, 2026, 12:14:11 pm »
Thankyou for the link, it's a lovely bow.
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Bows / Re: Draw force curve and energy storage of a bow
« Last post by superdav95 on February 22, 2026, 11:44:42 am »
Good write up!   Thanks for posting this. 
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Bows / Re: Osage Bow
« Last post by bentstick54 on February 22, 2026, 11:33:03 am »
Great looking bow Damon. Tiller looks as good as it gets, and looks like very little set. Good to see you back at it.
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