sinew backed osage recurve 46" nock to nock,,187fps

[bradsmith2010]

thank you gonna work on finish this week will post

[bentstick54]

Nice looking little bow Brad. Looks like it will throw and arrow pretty quickly. Can’t wait to hear.

[bradsmith2010]

ok heres what happened and didnt happen, I pulled it to 23,, and I heard a tick noise, so I passed out ,, well not really but kinda,,
so I looked and one strand of sinew had pulled up, so I drew it to 23 a few more times to see if it was gonna blow, and it shot fine, right now I am heating some hide glue and gonna wrap that spot, Im not proud,, when dry I will continue with shooting through chrono at 23 ,, which Im thinking is gonna be 55 plus,, pounds, it should spit an arrow pretty good at that draw,, I got some fast flight, is that  natural material,, and will try with that just for fun,, of course I will put a sinew string on it for the deer and turkey to admire,,

[sleek]

Yup, I'm a fan. LOVE me some short bows and by golly that's a zinger.

[diliviu]

Beautiful bow! With those recurves and that overall reflex must be snappy.

[Fox]

What happens if a piece of sinew gets lifted? Is it as bad as a splinter lifting on a self bow?

[bradsmith2010]

no I dont think its as bad as splinter,, just one strand didnt effect anything,, I just wrapped it to be sure it dont do it again,,

[hoosierf]

Great bow. Ticks of any kind are the worst.  Hope it keeps shooting well for you.   

[bownarra]

If you applied some very hot, thin glue to the spot it would 're-activate' the glue and you'd be good. No need to wrap it. Do you see a spot mid upper that looks like its bending a wee bit much?

[bradsmith2010]

thank you Bownarrow, got it glued,, as suggested and think you right about the we bit mid limb,,

[bradsmith2010]

  488 grain arrow 184fps,,roughly pulling,,55#@ 23 inches,,I didnt have anyone to spot for me, but pulled as best I could to mark at 23 inches, its close,, thats 8.87 GPP 
   this will give you rough idea what a short draw will do,,you can do the math, if I  pulled it to 25,,with added draw weight and power stroke,, it would really spit one, but im afraid it would blow, so not gonna try it today,,
 

[Fox]

Thats awesome brad!

[Digital Caveman]

Ok, I have got to build one! 
I don't have any osage, but Heat Tempered HHB like what Marc St. Louis uses should work fine, especially if I go up to 62" to handle a 26" draw.

You are really starting to get me more interested in shorter bows.

[bradsmith2010]

i think its good to know how to make them,, then your shorter staves become more valuable,,
thanks Fox, I was pleased,,it gets good arrow flight too,,

[Fox]

That's good it shoots straight too!

I really love smaller bows. I have a hard time not always smacking things with longer bows