3/4" 65# Ipe

[Justin Snyder]

Here is my new hunting bow I finished last week.  It is the first real bend in the handle bow I have made and has a D cross section. It is from an Ipe board Bob gave me.  The handle is horse leather sewn with red thread to match the FF string. I didn't want to put a saddle on a cheetah. It is 69" NTN 3/4" wide at the grip and 3/8"wide at the tips.  The pin nocks are 1/8" wide. It draws 65# at 29". It is smooth drawing and incredibly fast.  Justin

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[Justin Snyder]

Here are braced and full draw.

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[david w.]

Very nice Justin.

very nice tiller and i bet its fast

[snedeker]

Its unbacked?  Beautiful stuff

Dave

[Rich Saffold]

Wow Justin where's the bamboo? Looks great! I wonder if some of the osage nazi /famous bowyers who used to say publicly that ipe was crap are lurking on these forums...

3/4" and 65#'s Very cool!

Rich-loves osage, and an open mind...

[adb]

Gotta love those pin nocks... strong and simple. Kinda like me, arr, arr.

Justin, you crack me up, man!!! Saddle on a cheetah. Hee Haw.

Nice bow. I like ipe. Nice tiller.

[tom sawyer]

Nice spear.  Now where's the bow?

[Gordon]

I can't believe how narrow you got it, and unbacked. I'm impressed!

[Justin Snyder]

Thanks everyone
Dave, yes unbacked
Rich, boo is on the other one. I like an open mind too.
abd, I would love to take credit for the saddle on a cheetah, but I stole the line from Rich Saffold on the string thread.
Justin

[Justin Snyder]

Lennie, that is funny.  Shouldn't be to much work to carry around should it.
Thanks Gordon, yes 3/4"; a good piece of Ipe really does work miracles. Justin

[DanaM]

I'm impressed with its simple functional appearance Justin.
Reminds me that a good hunting bow needs to be kept simple
and not all gussied up. She ought to make meat as she was designed to do.
Very well done Justin! Me like

[Coo-wah-chobee]

                Ya did  nice on this. Me likes, course Iam not TOO prejudiced towards unbacked ipe bows an d-bows. Fast aint she -  ya likes it I see ! Nice workmanship Justin, good job......bob

[jamie]

holy ####, excellent job. guess im gonna have to break down and finish a bow now

[Justin Snyder]

Thanks Dana, you like my plain Jane hunting bow??
Bob, thank you for the compliments and the wood. I can see why you like the D-bow so much. I cant believe it took me so long to make one. 
Jamie, Ill take that as a compliment. Yes, you better get to building.  Justin

[DanaM]

Simple, efficient, deadly whats not to like about those qualities