Osage recurve tip help? Updated pics!

[lebhuntfish]

What do you guy's think? This is the first tip I ever tried to finish. Should I shorten the very tip and make it more blunt? When the bow is braced, it don't touch the belly at all or the curve at the tip. Do I need to make the string grove longer, like down the belly side? Thanks for all the help guy's! Patrick

 

[Pat B]

Patrick, that is a nice looking tip. Will you post a pic of the bow braced? Your recurves might not have enough curve to them like a bow with reflexed tips.

[lebhuntfish]

Your probably right Pat, I guess it would be more of a reflexed tip bow.

 

[Danzn Bar]

I agree with Pat B....nice looking tips.  And it does look like a "Flipped" bow, not really a recurve.  Brace looks a little long, but the bend in the limbs look good.  How does it shoot?
DBar

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks guy's, I'm working on the tips and handle which when I'm done I will Lower the brace. It shoots pretty good, if I could just get the chance to shoot it some more.

[mwosborn]

Tips and the bow look good to me.  Your brace looks ok to me too - I can't read your numbers on your tillering stick - but 7" is pretty typical for a brace height.

[bubbles]

Those handle fades look a little abrupt to me, but maybe I'm crazy.  I would smooth that transition a bit.

[blackhawk]

You can reduce some thickness at the tips as well...u can prob carefully remove those islands on the belly of them n still be aok on keeping them static

[Pappy]

Looks mighty good to me,maybe what Chris said but other than that looks fine.Very nice especially for your first. Wished my first looked half that good. 
  Pappy

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks guys for all the replies!  I will take some of the island off the belly side of the curve to help reduce weight.  As for the handle, that offer some work. I knew I needed to work on the fades and the thickness. I hopefully will get to work on it today. If not I will finish it at mojam for sure. Thanks again all for the comments and help. I will post pictures as soon as I get some work done on her. Patrick

[lebhuntfish]

Well I took some time this morning to work on my bow. What do you thing of the handle and fades and the tips now? The handle pic is a little rough.

 

 

[lebhuntfish]

Updated pics!

[PEARL DRUMS]

Your fades will probably be alright because its osage.  Just try to get that transition more gradual and smooth are your net one Lee.

[lebhuntfish]

Thanks pearl! It's not too bad for my first go around though, I think.