This is my latest bow. It was made from hazel sapling with a little curvature when looking from front. That didn't make problems as string goes directly through center when strung.
I hold this bow to be very special to me. It is my fifth bow, but first I made that was exactly as I wanted it to be. While I was tillering it, I used mass calculator. It weighed finished at 638 grams. That is what mass calculator calculated for bow 65# at 28".
When I put scale on the pulley, it said 63# at 28". So here is the question I asked myself. Is the bow actually 65# but cheap chinese scale measured it slightly incorrect, or is my bow overbuilt for 2#.
Doesn't matter really, regard this bow as having 60# as it will lose couple of pounds during usage. Bow was stained with Sadolin Palisander stain. Coated with pork fat and beeswax later.
No handle wrap, although I am thinking about some arrow pass protection, as arrows had rubbed some color off when they passed.
DIMENSIONS:Ntn length: 66"
Handle length: 8"
Tips: 0,5" x 0,5"
Width at fades: slightly over 2"
Upper limb, showing curvature to the side
Lower limb
Handle pictures
Braced profile
Belly side
Full draw. Tiller is not perfect, but not bad either
