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Offline silent sniper

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What would you call this bow design?
« on: October 29, 2019, 11:22:47 am »
Hey guys, I need a little help on classifications. This is my new bow design that I built for the PA bow trade as most of you guys saw. I am planning on building another one and I want to get a concrete name for this design.

Here are the unstrung, strung, and full draw profile pictures. The string rests on roughly 2-1/2" of limb below the nock at brace height.

 I want your opinion on what would be best to call it. Is it a hybrid longbow, semi-recurve, recurve, static recurve or working recurve? I understand it could be multiple names but I would like to know what you think it would be best classified as.

Thanks,
Taylor







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Offline PatM

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2019, 11:35:02 am »
Back in the day the term semi-recurve was applied to bows with ends rather similar to this.  Adding "working" recurve to that was superfluous because anything not considered static would be working.

 I would call it a deflex semi-recurve.
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Offline DC

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2019, 11:47:22 am »
Isn't it an RD?
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Offline avcase

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2019, 12:03:24 pm »
It isn’t a RD Longbow if the string contacts the limb before the tips at brace.

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Offline DC

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2019, 05:42:18 pm »
Looks like we need a definition book. Alan, were you responding to my post or the thread in general?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2019, 07:55:18 pm »
Okay, so what's it called if the string contacts the limb before the tips?
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Offline Traxx

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2019, 08:14:49 pm »
Id call it a recurve,even if the recurve is minimal...More specifically a deflexed risered recurve..I dont believe,the amount of recurve matters it,as long as the string has contact to the limb,prior to the nocks..
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2019, 08:28:01 pm »
Quote from: upstatenybowyer on October 29, 2019, 07:55:18 pm
Okay, so what's it called if the string contacts the limb before the tips?
I am under the impression that a bow with a string that rests on the limb at full brace height is generally a recurve. A longbow has straight tips and therefore the string wouldn't touch the limb at brace height. 

I have made R/D longbows before but none of them had the profile that this bow does.  Here are the last few R/D bows I made so you can compare them.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=63519.0


http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,65941.msg927431.html#msg927431

I am probably being too picky about the difference in profiles, but I want to make sure I am categorizing this bow correctly. 
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Offline sleek

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2019, 09:35:21 pm »
It's a deflex bow with mild recurves. A good design too. Nice looking bow BTW.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2019, 09:38:23 pm »
Would a Wilcox duoflex have more pronounced curves. I'd call it a recurve with a deflexed handle also.
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Offline willie

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2019, 09:44:24 pm »
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Nice looking bow BTW.
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2019, 09:46:29 pm »
I don’t know...to me, that’s an R/D. The reflex may be mild and be present in only the flipped tips, but...still an R/D in my book. Who is the arbiter of these terms?
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Offline backtowood B2W

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2019, 12:38:56 am »
I would call it deflexed recurve.
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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2019, 01:45:50 am »
Deflexed recurve. Just :)
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Offline leonwood

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Re: What would you call this bow design?
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2019, 07:34:24 am »
Although the shape is more like a reflex/deflex the string making contact with the limb makes this a deflexed recurve ;D
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