Hi folks,
Finished this one up a month or 2 ago, seems like the simple things been my bottle neck these days, like finish work and taking pictures.
Got the idea of this bow from a couple I made my boys a few years ago. Both are locust, a little light at 40 lbs but very nice cast to them. I built those bows a bit more narrow than my usual 2" out of the fade to account for the lighter draw. When finishing up the one for my younger son I kept thinking I could get 50 lbs out of that piece if i wanted. So this was my attempt at what i'd consider a narrow design at about 1 5/8 out the fades with a lenght of 65" ntn. That all sounds fine and dandy until your 5" from full draw wondering when its going to crystal. I got lucky and got away with it this time.
Nice piece of wood! Not sure the pictures show off the color and grain. Only knot is in the handle that kinda deflexed the inner limbs. Only heated in reflex in the outers. overlays are multiflora rose over American elm. That rose is real pretty stuff but still pretty small so one side on each tip still has a sliver of inner bark left on. I could have done without the elm but it sounded so much better in my head before i did it. So got that out of my system, going to make thinner/smaller overlays from here on. Whole stave had slight bow in it but figured I could adjust handle and tips to correct. I was wrong, late in tillering string was still a bit off the handle(arrow pass side) so I steamed and was able to make the correction, you can still see how I was trying to cheat the handle over to the arrow pass side.
Now I got one to match thier bows. Hope one day they will both be home at the same time so we can go shooting. A little twang in the release but very accurate. I'd still rather have 2" width and 66 ntn to work with but nice to see it can be done with less. Was on my own for F/D pics so tried out my go pro. Angle is a bit off on the one side but its all new to me and a work in progress. I bit different design than i been use to making so critique away.
Thanks, Mike
