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Offline mwosborn

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Re: All wood hybrid?
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2015, 08:17:05 pm »
Lots of guys do them - Roy is a "master".   Here is one of his he posted a while back on TG that I used to help me with my first.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=010449#000000

Enjoy the hunt!  Mitch

Offline adb

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Re: All wood hybrid?
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2015, 09:15:01 pm »
For all those wondering, Jesse's bow which just won December backed BOM, is what a properly made and tillered R/D bow looks like. Please take note: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,50052.0.html

Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: All wood hybrid?
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2015, 06:34:58 am »
Yep. I've done em. Bamboo backed osage and boo backed yew tri-lams mostly. My last one was bamboo backed, yew core, osage belly... a hybrid more toward a deflex/reflex longbow with plenty of deflex and the reflex pushed far enough out the limb that it looks almost like a semi-recurve. Smoothest, sweetest bow I ever shot.
Straight wood may make a better bow, but crooked wood makes a better bowyer