Hello all, I’ve been a lurker for years, but decided that I’d like to participate in the bow swap this year so I am fulfilling the requirements by posting a bow I completed recently. I have been making bows (mainly board bows, but also plenty from staves) since about 1990. I quit building bows in 2006 to finish grad school and raise a family. Now, 14 years later, I’ve started again because I just missed it too much.
This bow is hickory from a lumberyard with a bamboo back glued up into 2” of Perry reflex using TB2 for glue. The riser and tips are bocote and the finish is deer skin and tung oil. It pulls 53#@27” and holds an inch of just unbraced reflex. Was finally warm enough to shoot it outside last week. I’ve got two more essentially identical bows in the works for my boys. One is 54” and one is 50” long. They’re 8 and 11 years old. The one for the 11 year old has kept all of its original Perry reflex after being broken in. Boo and hickory is a great combination.
Thanks!
Matt
